AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS FOUND IN THE MOVIE ENTITLED “TO ALL THE BOYS ALWAYS AND FOREVER”

Slang is a variety of language used mainly by teenagers to communicate with group members in informal situations. This research aims at identifying slang. This is a descriptive qualitative research. The data got from the slang word that are uttered by all characters in the film. The data collection method used in this research was observation method by downloading the movie, watching movies and choosing words that belong to slang in the dialogue. This study applied the theory of types of slang by Kipfer and Chapman (2007) and function theory by Allan & Burridge (2006). The data analyses were done by using descriptive qualitative method with the stages of data collection, data reduction, presentation of data and describing conclusions. This research found thirty three (33) data of slang words, which are divided into 2 types, such as; namely primary slang and secondary slang. This study also found 33 slang data that entered into the slang function, namely 13 data to address, 2 data to form the intimate atmosphere, 2 data to initiate relax conversation, 3 data to show impression, 8 data to show intimacy, 3 data to reveal anger and 2 data to humiliate