SLANGS IN BEYONCE KNOWLES’ SONGS

This study is based on sociolinguistics problems. It deals with the use of slang. The writer focuses on Beyonce Knowles’s songs lyrics as the scope of data. The objectives of the study were to find out the types of slang are used in Beyonce Knowles’ songs and to reason for the use of the types of slang in Beyonce Knowles’ songs. The data that support this study by using descriptive qualitative data by reading some references related to the subject matters. The findings showed Abbreviation and Baby’s Expression slang were found in each lyrics of Beyonce Knowles songs. There weren’t found Grammatical slang in two songs lyrics among ten songs, nor the Words Repetition, there weren’t found in four songs lyrics. The writer concluded that Abbreviation is the most dominant type of slang found in Beyonce Knowles’ songs.