Open AccessStudy of Taboo Language in the Fault in Our Stars Movie
Author(s) -
I Gusti Ayu Agung Dinda Dana Swari,
Ida Bagus Putra Yadnya,
Ni Ketut Alit Ida Setianingsih
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
humanis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2302-920X
DOI - 10.24843/jh.2019.v23.i01.p39
Subject(s) - taboo , vulgarity , slang , epithet , linguistics , colloquialism , euphemism , literature , function (biology) , stars , psychology , art , philosophy , sociology , astronomy , physics , anthropology , evolutionary biology , biology
This paper entitled“Study of Taboo Language in The Fault in Our Stars Movie”.The data were taken from a movie entitled The Fault in our Stars as the data sources.This paper intended toanalyzed taboo words in a movie. The reason of choosing taboo words as the title because nowadays many taboo languages serve on the dialog in the movie itself, so through watch the movie is encouraging to understand the dirty word of that movie.The data were taken from The Fault in Our Stars movie and collected through observation method, note-taking technique, and then the data were categorized based on the theories.Then the obtained data were analyzed descriptively presented which explained by string of words. The main theory used in this writing is the theory of types of taboo words proposed by Jay, and the function of taboo words according to Holmes.The result of this study shows the types and the functions of taboo language in the movie The Fault in Our Stars. The discussions found types of taboo words occurred in the movie such as cursing, profanity, blasphemy, taboo, obscenity, vulgarity, slang, epithets, insult and slur, and scatology. It also based on the functions of taboo words such as expressive function, directive function, referential function, metalinguistic function, poetic function, and phatic function. Taboo language used by the author on this movieto attract attention from the audience and helping them to get to know the kinds of taboo language in movie The Fault in our Stars.