A SEMANTICS STUDY OF ENGLISH REGISTER USED IN A WAR GAME

THOHARI, ACHMAD (2010) A SEMANTICS STUDY OF ENGLISH REGISTER USED IN A WAR GAME. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta .

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Abstract

This research is aimed to describe the linguistic forms and the meaning (lexically and contextually) of English register in a war game. The data are registers that are taken from communication between main players to another player in the war games. The data sources are Counter Strike, Brother in Arms, and Red Alert. In collecting the data, the writer uses documentation method by selecting the registers words, which can be found in the war game. The first step of analyzing data is that the writers identify the linguistic form of each English register. Then described the lexical and contextual meaning of register in the war game and then compared the meaning lexically and contextually as what proposed by Poedjosoedarmao theory. The results of this research show that: 1) The linguistic forms of the register in a war game are in the noun, verb, adjective, and compound word. There are 13 data belong to original noun (28,89%), 5 data which belong to derivative noun (11,11%), 7 data which belong to original verb (15,56 %), 5 data which belong to original adjective (11,11%), 1 datum which belongs to derivative adjective (2,22%), 12 data which belong to noun compound (26,67%), 1 datum belongs to verb compound (2,22%), and 1 datum belongs to adjective compound (2,22%). 2) The register of war game has six classification of meaning: The real meaning of the word is broader than the new meaning: 12 data (26,67%). The real meaning of the word is narrower than its new meaning: 5 data (11,11%). The new meaning and the real meaning of the word can share some features of meaning: 8 data (17,78%)). The real meaning and the new meaning of the word is identical: 13 data (28,89%). The real meaning and the new meaning of the word is quite different: 4 data (4,48%), the new meaning does not have the real meaning: 3 data (6,66%).

Item Type:	Karya ilmiah (Skripsi)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	War game register, Linguistic form, and Meaning
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Mrs. Gatiningsih Gatiningsih
Date Deposited:	24 May 2010 07:45
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2010 05:12
URI:	http://eprints.ums.ac.id/id/eprint/7131

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