A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF REGISTER MOBILE LEGEND’S CASTER ON FINAL MPL SEASON 6

Authors

  • Hanafi Universitas Bung Hatta
  • Temmy Thamrin Universitas Bung Hatta

Keywords:

Register, Caster, Language Use, Contextual Meaning

Abstract

The aim of this research is study about the register of caster’s utterances when delivering the information to the audience, especially in register classification and the contextual meaning from their register. This thesis used Janet Holmes's theory about the term of register. The method is a qualitative method that provides data related to data analysis. The result shows that there are 355 registers of caster’s utterances from 5 matches and classified into 5 classifications according to the game’s situation such as #VivaRRQ or Detona’s Welcome. This research reveals sets of language items associated with caster used in commenting the matches

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Biber, D., & Conrad, S. (2019). Register, genre, and style. Cambridge University Press.

Pateda, M. 2010. Semantik leksikal (Edisi Kedua). Jakarta: Rineka Cipta.

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Published

2022-03-09