An Analysis of Gullah Expressions Found in Sean Paul’s Song “Got 2 Luv U” in Terms of The Communicative Purposes

Abstract

A Thesis, Faculty of English Language and Cultural Studies,Undergraduate Degree (S1) of the University of Stikubank Semarang. Supervisor:Dr. Sugeng Purwanto, MA.Key Words: Sociolinguistics, GullahExpressions, Communication Purpose, SeanPaul. The study attempts to analyze and identify thegullah expressions used in Sean Paul’s lyric. This studyproposes a problem concerning to the communicative purposes of gullah expressions in the song lyric.Hopefully, this study will be useful for students of English department,especially to help them understand the gullahexpressins used in Sean Paul’s song lyric.In order to bring this study into its purpose,the writer formulates two research problems, those are: what gullah expressionas are used in SeanPaul’s lyric and what communicative purposes do the gullah expressions used in Sean Paul’s lyric have.This analysis used descriptive method because it is to describe themeaning of gullah expressions in SeanPaul’s song lyric. The data were taken from the lyric, that  is tabulating the gullah expressions, construing the meaning of the gullah expressions, identifying thecommunicative purposes of gullahexpressions, giving an interview to five listeners, and drawing conclusion toarrive at possible implication.From the data that have been analyzed, it was found the communicativepurposes of gullah expressions usedin Sean Paul’s lyric are: to convey statement, to inform someone, to ensure andto persuade.Thus, the writer suggests that the future researchers conduct thesimilar theme in the gullahexpressions, which has not been covered  in this study, and in other researchers’study, in order to give a positive contribution in different subjects, objects,and statement of the problems.