AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS USED IN “FURY” MOVIE

This research is aimed at finding out the types and the functions of slang
words used in Fury movie. The writer focuses the study on the Fury movie
by using theory from Allan & Burridge, 2006. In this research, the writer
uses descriptive qualitative method. The researcher used a table to identify
and categorize the data and three dictionaries related to slang there are
Slang Archive Dictionary, Urban Dictionary, and NTC‟s Dictionary of
American Slang and Colloquial Expression Third Edition. The results of
data showed 43 cases of the types and the functions of slang words in Fury
movie. First result, All of types is used in the film, imitative types is the
dominant types that used in this film because Fury is a movie about war.
The actors using slang words almost in every situations and most of the
words that used in this movie is imitating from Standard English terms or
combination two different words. Second result, from all of functions of
slang words in Fury movie to initiate relax conversation is the dominant
function that used in this movie because in the some of scenes in the movie
actors using slang to have a smooth conversations and make the
conversation run more lelaxed then they can feel more comfortable
because they have close relationship. the writer do not found the function
of intimate information, it might happened because the story of this movie
is about war, the soldiers fighting, killing, and caring for their each
country. The actors have no time to alleviate relationship among the
strangers to reduce social distance and more comfortable, because they are
more take care of their people. For students and the readers, this research
hopefully can help increase knowledge about slang words by understand
the types, functions, theories, and meaning and also hopefully can help
knowledge the readers who do not know about slang before. For other
researchers, this research expected can help as a reference for other
researchers who interest to analyze slang words. The writer suggest to
analyzed slang in other object like novels, songs, magazines, comics and
etc.
Keywords: Slang Words, Fury, Movie.