Investigating the sociological use of slang from a hearer-oriented perspective

Numerous studies have investigated the importance of slang in linguistics various media, including novels. The dominant works on this subject focused solely structural explanation slang, leaving out its sociological context and meaning. Given nature itself as a pure informal language, about semantic meaning must be essential. This research looked into words expressions true-crime novel entitled ‘Black Mass’ by Dick Lehr Gerard O’Neill 2000. goal is to discover using qualitative method Mattiello’s hearer-oriented (2008) theory underlying theory. We applied documentary retrieve data further analyzed it Miles et al. (2014) Heavily influenced setting South Boston crimes, Black Mass indicated that novel’s primarily attributed freshness novelty. Subsequently, we found evidence use desire impress faddishness, playfulness humor, impertinence properties. Color musicality are least common categories with only four occurrences entire manuscript. literature cover still scarce, hoped these findings helpful those who interested studying researching area.