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
