AN ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF SLANG LANGUAGE IN NICKI MINAJ'S SONG LYRICS
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The phenomena of slang language use almost in all genres of music, inspired the writer choose to focused in the study to discusses about analysis of the types and meanings of the slang language in Nicki Minaj's song lyrics. The purpose of this study is to classify the types and determine the meanings of slang language that used, in Nicki Minaj's song lyrics. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative method. The writer uses Eric Partridge theories and other relevant references as well in order to obtain the relevant analysis between the theory and the statement. From the results of the study, it is found out that Society slang was the slang language type that most often used in Nicki Minaj's song lyrics and the meanings of the slang language in this song is related to sexuality.
Key words : Slang language, Song lyrics. Language
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