JOLLT Journal of Languages and Language Teaching https://e-journal.undikma.ac.id/index.php/jollt/index Email: jollt@ikipmataram.ac.id & jollt@undikma.ac.id DOI: https:/doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v%vi%i.4992 April 2022. Vol. 10, No.2 p-ISSN: 2338-0810 e-ISSN: 2621-1378 pp. 295-301 JOLLT Journal of Languages and Language Teaching, April 2022. Vol. 10, No.2 | 295 AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG LANGUAGE IN SONG'S LYRIC "THE MAN WHO CAN'T BE MOVED" BY THE SCRIPT 1 Hirim Rosinta Pane, 1,2 Marlin Steffi Marpaung 1 Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Advent Indonesia 2 Corresponding Author Email: marlin.marpaung@unai.edu Article Info Abstract Article History Received: February 2022 Revised: March 2022 Published: April 2022 Language is a bridge for people to communicate with one another in society. There is formal and informal language in the environment. This study focuses on slang language. Slang language is an informal way to communicate that is commonly utilized by adolescents. They may use slang, but some ages do not. As a result, slang language is only comprehended by certain people. As a result, slang is commonly used in songs. There are many songs use slang language in the lyrics to deliver the song's purpose to the listener. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods to collect data from The Script's song "The Man Who Can't Be Moved." From the twelve types of slang that exist, five are included in the lyrics: clipping, compounding, coinage, mixing, and dialogue. According to the data, the most commonly used slang language in The Scripts song is blending, which has twelve blending terms inside the lyrics. Keywords Slang Language; Linguistics; Sociolinguistic; How to cite: Pane, H. R., & Marpaung, M. S. (2022). An Analysis of Slang Language in Song's Lyric "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" by The Script. JOLLT Journal of Languages and Language Teaching, 10(2), pp. 295- 301. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v%vi%i.4992 INTRODUCTION Language is mainly a way of communicating among members of society (Sirbu, 2015) or language is traditionally defined as a tool for interacting or communicating, in terms transferring thoughts, ideas, concepts, or even emotion. (Rabiah, 2018). Language is also a tool for self-expression and a means of expressing one's identity (Rabiah, 2018). Communication is the verbal and nonverbal communication of concepts, opinions, emotions, and attitudes. There are two differences: verbal and nonverbal. Verbal communication belongs to words, whilst nonverbal communication refers to every communication that occurs through movement gestures. (Patel, 2014). Sociolinguistics includes slang. It is the study of language in relation to social issues or situations. It is split into two areas of science: sociology and linguistics. Sociology is aware of social matters, whereas linguistics is focused with language. (Hidayah & Ramadhan, 2020) and sociolinguistics are always related to society because it cannot be separated since the society as the user of language (Teguh I, 2017). On the other hand, sociolinguistics are a study the relationship between language and society (Trimastuti, 2017). Linguistics are the most effective and efficient tool for studying language (Siregar, 2013). Sociolinguistics are defined as: the study that is concerned with the relationship between language and the context in which it is used. In other words, it studies the relationship between language and society. It explains we people speak differently in different social contexts. It discusses the social functions of language and the ways it is used to convey social meaning (F, 2019). Slang is easily found in the song, especially rap songs and movies such as "Akeelah and The Bee", a television program consisting of young people and teenagers.. Slang is prominent in music, oral communication, and conversations such as on Whatsaap and Twitter. Slang is an