GENERATIVE PHONOLOGY-MEDAN ADOLESCENT SLANG WORDS IN DAILY SPEECH

Abstract

This paper aims at describing and examines the phonological processes of several adolescent slang words of Medan in daily conversation. In this paper, the researcher uses a qualitative descriptive method with a generative phonological approach. The data contained in this study are phonological data that the researcher obtained from slang words that several adolescents in Medan usually use in their daily conversations. In analyzing the data obtained, it was done by collecting data, analyzing the data, making phonological studies, and making the result and discussion. According to the findings in this research, generative phonology might be a valuable technique for examining and comprehending phonological processes used by Medan adolescents in ordinary discourse, which including Assimilation and Syllable Structure(tend to use /?/, /e/ and /o/ vowels, vowel-consonant sound release, the weakening, and mixing of vowels sound).