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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelSlang belongs to non-standard language; therefore it is usually used in the
informal situations, such as communication in daily life. In this study, the writer
is interested in observing English slang words in "Sugar & Spice" movie. The
writer analyses the formation process of the slang words and finds out the most
frequent process in those slangs. In conducting this study, the writer uses some
related theories and related studies. The related theories that are used to analyse
the data are the sources of English words by Beard (2001), word formation
processes by Godby (1982), and the process of meaning change by Henning
(1995). In the methodology of this study, the writer uses a combined qualitative
and quantitative approach. As the result, the writer found 56 English slangs in
Sugar & Spice movie. Among them, there are some English slangs that refer to the
same thing. Besides that, there are four processes that form them, namely the
process that occurred from the influence of ancestral language, the process of
borrowing, the process of word formation, and the process of meaning change.
From the findings above, the most frequent process in those slangs is the process
of word formation, followed by the process of changes of the meaning. It means
that the formation processes of the slangs are the same like the formation
processes of standard words. Although the formation process of slang and
standard are the same, many people - especially English learners - do not have
knowledge about slang. Through this study, the writer hopes the readers will
know about English slang.