A Study Of Register On Online Shop In Facebook

Abstract

Language used in online shop was different from that used by people in daily conversation. There were specific terms to explain the event that happens in online shop. Many registers used in online shop could be found especially in English. In this case, this research analyzed the linguistic form and the meaning of register used in online shop. The type of this research was descriptive qualitative research. The object of this research was the register used in online shop. The data were register words and phrases included in printed material used in online shop. The data source is dialogue between the buyer and seller in online shop. In collecting the data, the wrote looked for the dialogue in online shop, reads the dialogue repeatedly, gave a sign to the register words, and writes down the dialogue, register words, and phrases. In analyzed the data, the writer classified the data, analyzed the linguistics form and meaning, analyzed the context of situation and identified the differences between lexical and contextual meaning and draws conclusion. Based on the analyzed, the researcher found the data based on the linguistics form (13 data of noun, 9 data of verb, 2 data of adjective, 7data of compound word, 8 data of abbreviation, and 6 data of noun phrase). Based on the meaning, the writer found 26 data in contextual meaning and 19 data in lexical meaning.