Abstract:
This study deals in the slang word analysis in selected Avril Lavigne song lyrics
on “Head Above Water” album. This study aimed to identify the types of slang
word found in Avril Lavigne song lyrics on “Head Above Water” album, to find
out the meaning of slang word in Avril Lavigne song lyrics on “Head Above
Water” album, to analyze the slang word which are realized in Avril Lavigne song
lyrics on “Head Above Water” album. Descriptive qualitative research was
applied in this study. The data of research were taken from Avril Lavigne song
lyrics on “Head Above Water” album, 74 words found in this song. The data were
analyze by identifying the song into four types of process, classifying the word in
each type of slang, analyzing the data into the slang word. It was found that there
were four types of slang in selected Avril Lavigne song lyrics on “Head Above
Water” album namely blending, coinage, clipping, and compounding. The writer
found the most widely type of slang namely clipping among words of slang in
selected 8 songs lyric of Avril Lavigne on “Head Above Water” album. The
writer was realized that the words were the slang word which was found in Avril
Lavigne song lyrics on “Head Above Water” album by reading all the lyrics in
detail and analyzing the word by trying find the correct word or the real meaning,
then the researcher can decided the word was called as slang word.
