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AN ANALYSIS ON JARGON USED BY PUSDIK ARHANUD SOLDIER IN THE WAR

TRAINING

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

FAISAL JUNEY UMAKAAPA

201210100311241

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2017

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Alhamdulillahi rabil ‘alamin, the researcher expresses his highest gratitude to Allah

Subhanahu wa ta’ala for blessing, love, opportunity, health, and mercy to complete this

undergraduate thesis. This undergraduate thesis entitled “An Analysis on Jargon Used by Pusdik

Arhanud Soldiers in the War Training” is submitted as the final requirement in accomplishing

undergraduate degree at English Language Education Department Faculty of Teacher Training and

Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang.

In this valuable chance, the writer intended to express his gratitude and appreciation to all

people who have provided motivation, advice, and support for the writer. First, the writer’s deepest

appreciation goes to the writer’s beloved parents, the writer’s mother Maryam and father Salim

M. Kasim for the endless love, pray, and support which never ends. The writer’s gratitude also

goes to the writer’s beloved grandparents for every support in any form.

Also this thesis would not have been possible without the help, support and patience of the

writer’s lovely first advisor Mr. Riski Lestiono, M.A for his supervision, advice, and guidance

from the very early stage of this research as well as giving the writer extraordinary experiences

throughout the past few years; then to the writer’s second advisor Mr. Sudiran M,Hum who has

helped the writer patiently finishing this undergraduate thesis by giving suggestion, guidance, and

correction until the completion of this thesis.

The writer gratefully thanks to commander of Pusdik Arhanud for allowing the writer to

conduct the research there; also to the other soldiers who involved in the research proccess and the

special one is Sergeant Major for allowing the writer to conduct the research in the war training.

The writer is very grateful to have some close friends who always support him.

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The first appreciation goes to the couple mbak Nur, om Yayak and om gondrong Alvin

who always gave inspiration to the writer about what the meaning of life is. For Krisna Arif, Nur

Aini Yan Meinati, Yeni Nur Fadilah, you are the good listener for every problem the writer faced,

especially when the writer had to revise this thesis and re-start over and over again. Their opinions

never stop surprise the writer and it can help the writer to address his problem easily.

The writer wants to appreciate Gusti Fahri Kelian as his handsome partner and also for the

special one Nur Asfiatul Izzah who encourages the writer to finish this paper and get ready to the

next future. Last, the writer presents his greatest than to the all friends who cannot be mentioned

here one by one.

Finally, the writer would like to thank everybody who was important to the successful

realization of this undergraduate thesis. This undergraduate thesis is far from perfect, but it is

expected that it will be useful not only for the writer, but also for the readers. For this reason,

constructive suggestion and critics are welcomed.

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ABSTRACT

Umakaapa, Juney Faisal.2016. An Analysis on Jargon used by Pusdik Arhanud Soldiers in

the War Training. English Language Education Department, University of Muhammadiyah

Malang.

Keywords: Sociolinguistics, Jargon, Soldiers, Pusdik Arhanud

Sociolinguistics is the study related to the language and society. In Sociolinguistics, we

know the concept of language variation such as register, accent, dialect, prestige, slang, jargon etc.

In this study, the writer focuses on jargon used by Pusdik Arhanud soldiers in the war training in

terms of the jargons used by the Pusdik Arhanud soldiers in the war training, the contexts of jargon

used by the Pusdik Arhanud soldiers in the war training, the reasons behind the use of jargon by

the Pusdik Arhanud soldiers in the war training.

This study used qualitative descriptive approach because the writer described the jargon

used by Pusdik Arhanud soldiers in the war training, the meanings and also the possible reasons

of using those jargons. As the data, the writer used the utterances which contain jargon when the

soldiers talked among each other in the war training. Furthermore, the writer utilized observation

and interview as methods to gain the data.

After doing observation and interview, the writer found nine jargons used by Pusdik

Arhanud soldiers in the war training such as arah jam 3 mu (the angel of the troops which is

displayed by clockwise direction), sasaran hilang (target lost), kekuatan (question about the

troop’s readiness), siap 55 (the troops are ready), pasukan pada pos (stand in their own weapons),

petunjuk ndan (asking the commander’s instruction), garuda (the troop’s name), muatan (checking

the enemy existence), bongkar (destroy). They used jargon for certain reasons. Firstly, they did

not want they talk to be known by other people who do not belong to the community. Secondly,

they used jargon to build their own identity. The last, they want their community to have different

characteristics from the others. They also used the context of these nine jargons in the real war

situation. As the result unveiled, the writer hopes this study can provide many insights for future

researcher to have a better research. Subsequently, they are expected to be able to explore and

investigate some other phenomena of jargons in any speech community. Consequently, the next

researchers can occupy this study for an additional source to support their research about jargon.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVEMENT ................................................................................................................... ii

LEGALIZATION ................................................................................................................... iii

DECLARATION ..................................................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................... v

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................. vii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................... viii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of Study

1.2 Statement of Problem …………………………………………………………. 4

1.3 Purpose of Study …………………………………………………………….... 5

1.4 Significance of the Study ……………………………………………………... 5

1.5 Scope and Limitation …………………………………………………………. 5

1.6 Definition of Key Terms …………………………………………………….....6

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Language ……………………………………………………………………… 7

2.2 Sociolinguistics ……………………………………………………………….. 8

2.3 Speech Community ………………………………………………………….... 9

2.4 Language Varieties …………………………………………………………... 10

2.4.1 Register …………………………………………………………….....11

2.4.2 Accent ………………………………………………………………... 11

2.4.3 Dialect ………………………………………………………………... 11

2.4.4 Creole ……………………………………………………………….... 12

2.4.5 Pidgin ……………………………………………………………….... 12

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2.4.6 Slang ………………………………………………………………... 13

2.4.7 Prestige ……………………………………………………………... 13

2.4.8 Jargon ………………………………………………………………. 14

2.5 Pusdik Arhanud Soldiers ………………………………………………….... 15

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Types of the Research ………………………………………………………. 16

3.2 Research Object …………………………………………………………….. 17

3.3 Source of the Data …………………………………………………………...17

3.4 Data Collection ……………………………………………………………... 18

3.5 Data Analysis ……………………………………………………………….. 19

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Findings ……………………………………………………………………. 21

4.1.1 Description of the Jargons Used by Pusdik Arhanud Soldiers ……… 21

4.1.2 The Context of Jargon Used by Pusdik Arhanud soldier in the

War Training ………………………………………………………….. 24

4.1.3 The Reasons behind the Use of Jargon by Pusdik Arhanud Soldier….. 27

4.2 Discussion ………………………………………………………………………... 28

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………..... 31

5.2 Suggestions …………………………………………………………………… 32

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