ColloquialData Nida Taini 201110100311178
Layli Nadhifah 201110100311195
Retno Puspa 201110100311196
Elin Wika Sari 201110100311198
Verina Retno Palupi 201110100311201
Ismi Juwita Rani 201110100311212
Sumantiah 201110100311215
Yulinda Besty Sari 201110100311218
Definition
• One of language variations which only appropriates for casual, ordinary, familiar, and/or informal written or spoken conversation, rather than for formal speech.
• One of language variations which is used in ordinary conversation or when writing letter to intimate friends or close friends.
Colloquial Example in terms of geographical area
• Carbonated soft drink• Upper Midwestern US and Canada “pop”
• Northeastern and extreme western US “soda”
• Southern US “coke”
• Maple Doughnuts• Most of US “long John”
• Pacific North West Coregon and Washington “Maple bars”
Example of Colloquial
In form of Words:
Gonna Go to
Wanna Want to
Y’all You all
Watcha Watch out
Gotcha Got you
Doc Doctor
Exam Examination
Flu Influenza
In form of Aphorism:
• To have a crush on somebody= to fall in love with somebody
• Talk to the hand! = Don’t talk to me
• I’m all at sea = I can't understand it in the least.
I can't make head or tail of it = I can't understand it in the least.
• Do not catch your chickens before they are hatched
don’t be too optimistic for something that is blurred or unclear
• The police cannot find any traces; the burglars have indeed given them a hard nut to crack. (K. H.)
Collocations: words that have pair and can’t be separated to each other
• Indonesian example
• Bermuram durja
• Riang gembira
• Sedu sedang
• Suka cita
Colloquial in terms of phrase
• What’s up? = Asking condition
• To put up = put something
• Turn up Volume = make it louder
• Do away = to get rid of something
• Put off = to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity
• Graveyard dead = Death resulting from an extreme method; A death so extreme that there is no attempt made at saving your life or even checking your pulse.
Differences between colloquial and slang
• Colloquial is geographically restricted, while slang may be used in any culture or class of society.
• Colloquial is considered as standard language but slang is not
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