A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF BASEBALL JARGON IN MILLER’S MONEY BALL THE MOVIE

Achmad Septian Nugrahanto

Abstract


This research studied the sociolinguistic phenomenon, especially in terms of jargon. This study was intended to analyze the word-formation processes of jargon which occur in Miller’s Money Ball the movie. In this study, the functions of sport jargon which occur in Miller’s Money Ball the movie were also analyzed. The functions are to serve as a technical/specialist language for precise and effective communication and to promote in-group solidarity and to exclude out-groupers, those who do not use the jargon.Descriptive qualitative method was applied in this study. The percentage and frequency of the data were used to strengthen the findings. Meanwhile, the discussion was presented in a descriptive way. The results of the research are presented as follows. First, there are six word formation processes which were found in the movie. They were compounding, clipping and ellipsis, multiple processes, derivation, acronym and abreviation, and conversion. The other four processes were not found. They were coinage, blending, borrowing and backformation. Second, all of the functions of jargon were found in the movie. 

 

Keywords: sociolinguistics, jargon, baseball, Money Ball

 


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