AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORD-FORMATION IN BRUNO MARS ALBUM ‘AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC’

Abstract

This study is entitled “An Analysis of Slang Word Formation in Bruno Mars' Album 'An Evening with Silk Sonic'". This study aims to find out the types and the use of slang word-formations is realized of slang word-formation in Bruno Mars' album, 'An Evening with Silk Sonic'. A qualitative descriptive method, based on Ellisa Mattiello's (2008) theory, was employed for this study. Data collection involved the documentation of 5 song lyrics selected from the Bruno Mars album. The findings of this study reveal the presence of five types of slang word-formation in the data: compounding, affixation, reduplication, blending, and clipping. Clipping emerged as the predominant type, accounting for 45% of all occurrences, followed by affixation (19%), reduplication (15%), compounding (13%), and blending (8%). These slang word-formations are utilized in the album to convey emotions, establish rhythmic patterns, and imbue the songs.