Slang Words In Game Online Arena Of Valor

The objective in this research is to know types and reasons slang words that use by the players in game online Arena of Valor. This research is descriptive qualitative. The purpose of this research is to describe types of slang words and the reason of the slang words used in game online Arena of Valor. Data in this research is form in words, phrase or sentences which was contained slang words in the conversation happened between players. The source in this research is documentation of the conversation that happened between the players used their own words in game online Arena of Valor. The writer used Yule’s theory (1980) in analyze the types of slang words. The researcher also used Petridge (1979) for analyze the reasons of slang words. The writer used documentation method to collecting the data. In this research contained two analysis namely types of slang words and reason of using slang words. The first for analysis is type of slang in this research has been found six types slang words. According to the analysis the highest data types of slang were First Borrowing Type with 60 words (40%). Second Acronym Type with 31 words (20.6%). Third Coinage Type with 20 words (13.4%). Fourth Compounding Type with 17 words (11.4%). Fifth Multiple Process Type with 12 words (8%). And the last is Clipping Type with 10 words (6.6%). The second analysis is reason of using slang words in this analysis has been found four reason of using slang words. First is Easy to Understand Reason with 69 words (46%). Second is Brief Reason with 34 words (22.6%). Third is Innovative Reason with 29 words (19.4%). And the last is Mocking Reason with 18 words (12%).