The Comparative Study of English Slang in Ariana Grande Song Lyrics on “Thank U Next and Position” Album with Rich Brian Song Lyrics on “1999” Album.

Abstract

The use of slang has developed in various literary works, one of which is in song lyrics. This study examines the word formation of slang in Ariana Grande's song lyrics from the album "Thank U Next and Positions" with Rich Brian's from "1999". The focus of the study is the type of word formation in slang and the comparison between the two singers. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method in analyzing song lyrics as the object of study. The theory used is George Yule's word-formation theory to describe the type of slang and Diane Borstein's theory to describe the relationship between slang and song lyrics through a tree diagram. The study results showed that there were 22 slang data categorized based on the type of word formation. In Ariana Grande's song lyrics the dominant type of word formation is blending with 4 data because it is more popular and efficient to use in the United States. Meanwhile, in Rich Brian's song lyrics there is no dominant type of word formation because rappers tend to use various forms of slang.