An Analysis of “AntiLanguage” in Shemale Community

Abstract

This study aims to describe the daily language used by shemale community at jalan Martubung Medan. Studied by the sociolinguistics and antilanguage. The Objective of the study were to describe the Antilanguage and their meaning used in the Shemale Community at JalanMartubung Medan. To find out the way used of antilanguage expressions in shemale community. To find out their reasons in using Antilanguage expressions in shemale community. This research was carried out by using descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected from conversation between member to another member. The findings of the data analysis showed that five characteristics of antilanguage namely relexicalization with the mount 24, over lexicalization with the mount 12, homophone with the mount 2, abbreviation with the mount 3, creation with the mount 4. The findings showed that the meaning used by the characters are contextual meaning, depending on the situation or given context because antilanguage has many meanings on the their languages. The findings in this research have shown that language is created as communication and interaction tool in the transsexual community. This research is not only based on glossary tract but also field study involvement, which is show that the language is created by the community. Then, this research is different from research toward transsexual language at jalan Martubung Medan