LANGUAGE VARIATION FOUND ON ANYA GERALDINE

INSTAGRAM CAPTION

THESIS

By:

AINI QOTRUNNADA FIRDAUSYI YAQIN

201410100311082

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2018
LANGUAGE VARIATION FOUND ON ANYA GERALDINE

INSTAGRAM CAPTION

THESIS

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

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

AINI QOTRUNNADA FIRDAUSYI YAQIN

201410100311082

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2018

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 MOTTO AND DEDICATIONS

MOTTO:

Every reaction has an equal and opposite reaction.

DEDICATIONS

This thesis is dedicated to my beloved Ibuk and Alm. Ayah.

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

APPROVAL ....................................................................................................... iv

MOTTO AND DEDICATIONS ....................................................................... vi

LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY ..................................................................... vii

ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... viii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................. ix

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................. xi

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Research Background ............................................................................ 1

1.2 Research Problems ................................................................................ 3

1.3 Research Purpose................................................................................... 3

1.4 Research Significance ........................................................................... 3

1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Research ................................................... 4

1.6 Definition of the Key Terms.................................................................. 4

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Instagram…............................................................................................5

2.1.1 Features of Instagram..........................................................................6

2.2 Language Variation…............................................................................8

2.2.1 Dialect........................................................................................9

2.2.2 Style ........................................................................................ 10

2.2.3 Slang........................................................................................ 10

2.2.4 Register ................................................................................... 10

2.2.5 Jargon ...................................................................................... 11

2.2.6 Code Switching ....................................................................... 11

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2.3 Anya Geraldine .................................................................................... 12

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design .................................................................................. 14

3.2 Research Objects ................................................................................. 16

3.3 Research Instrument ............................................................................ 16

3.3.1 Primary Instrument ................................................................. 16

3.3.2 Secondary Instrument ............................................................. 17

3.3.2.1 Document Analysis .............................................................. 17

3.4 Data Collection .................................................................................... 17

3.4.1 Data Collection ....................................................................... 18

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

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Research Finding ................................................................................. 20

4.1.1 Language Variation Found on Instagram Caption .................. 20

4.2 Discussion............................................................................................ 29

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ........................................................................................... 30

5.2 Suggestions .......................................................................................... 31

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APPENDICES

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