What You Are Is What You Say’: An Analysis of Taboo Words on TikTok.

Raras Salsabil Suha, Anggana (2022) What You Are Is What You Say’: An Analysis of Taboo Words on TikTok. Sarjana thesis, Universitas Brawijaya.

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengungkap penggunaan kata tabu dalam aplikasi komunikasi modern bernama TikTok. Dengan total 67 sampel yang ditemukan, kemudian diklasifikasikan ke 9 tipe kata tabu yang diusulkan oleh Jay (2009). Tipe kata tabu yang dominan yang ditemukan dalam TikTok adalah penghinaan psikologis, fisik, dan deviasi sosial dengan jumlah sebesar 31,3%. Tipe dominan tersebut diikuti oleh tipe terbesar kedua yaitu referensi seksual sebesar 18%, dan terdapat cercaan etnis-ras-gender pada tingkat ketiga dengan jumlah 16,4%. Selanjutnya, para peneliti menemukan slang yang bersifat ofensif sebesar 14,9%, penistaan agama sebesar 8,9%, referensi skatologi dan objek menjijikkan sebesar 6%, dan nama hewan sebesar 4,5%. Selama melaksanakan kajian terhadap kata tabu dalam TikTok, kategori kata tabu kiasan leluhur dan istilah vulgar dibawah standar tidak ditemukan. Berbagai jenis kata tabu tersebut kemudian diklasifikasikan berdasarkan motif penggunaannya, yaitu untuk mendapatkan hasil tertentu, dan mengekspresikan kemarahan atau rasa frustrasi pembicara.

English Abstract

This study aims to reveal the use of taboo words in the modernized communication application named TikTok. A total of 67 samples were found, classified into 9 types of taboo words proposed by Jay (2009). The dominant type of taboo word found in TikTok is psychological, physical, social deviation insults, with a quantity of 31,3%. This major category was followed by the second largest type, sexual references by 18%, and at the third level, ethnic-racial-gender slur, which counted as much as 16,4%. Hereinafter, the researchers found offensive slang as much as 14.9%, profane and blasphemy as much as 8.9%, scatological reference & disgusting objects as much as 6%, and animal names as much as 4.5%. During the analysis regarding taboo words in TikTok, the categories of ancestral allusion and substandard vulgar terms have not been found. These types of taboo words are then classified based on the motive for their use, namely to signify various emotions, to obtain certain outcomes, and to express the speaker’s anger and frustration

Item Type:	Thesis (Sarjana)
Identification Number:	0522120152
Uncontrolled Keywords:	kata tabu, Sosiolinguistik, TikTok
Subjects:	400 Language > 420 English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) > 420.71 English learning
Divisions:	Fakultas Ilmu Budaya > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with username nova
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2023 02:16
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 07:34
URI:	http://repository.ub.ac.id/id/eprint/197132

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