AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL REGISTERS USED IN INDONESIAN FOOTBALL MATCHES

Abstract

A lot of English football registers can be heard in English football matches. The register is interesting to study because it is unique. The registers cannot be found in all sports, even there are some of them reffer dirrectly to football. The registers become more interesting to research if they are compared with other languages such as Indonesian language. Within the title of “An Analysis of English Football Registers Used in Indonesian Football Matches”, the discussion of this research deals with the number of the English football registers. The objectives of the research are to find what English football registers were used in Indonesian football matches, to identify the characteristics of English football register used in Indonesian football matches, and to classify the registers found based on their frequency.
The researcher used a descriptive qualitative method. The researcher took the data from two Indonesian football matches. The matches were broadcasted on RCTI on February 26th, 2019 and on MNC TV on November 19th, 2016. The data were obtained after the researcher watched the recorded matches, while watching, the researcher transcribed the audio into written words, among the transcribed words, the researcher selected English football registers. The data were then analyzed by using data analysis techniques according to Spradley theory.
It was found that from 285 data, there are 7 restricted. They were assessed for having percentage of 2.46 %. Whereas, there are 278 registers for specific purposes and they make percentage of 97.54 %. The highest percentage in restricted group of words i.e. offside is known to be the most often used by the commentator. Meanwhile, the lowest ones such as parking bus, second striker, ball in, cleansheet, degradation and Tiger are the least often used by the commentator. The same classification was applied to registers for specific purposes. The highest (penalty), middle (shooting), and the lowest (counter attack, zone, area, trophy, etc.) percentages show that the words are frequently used or not.