The Use of Taboo in Djenar Maesa Ayus Mereka bilang, saya monyet!

Tri Septa Nurhantoro

Abstract


This paper concerns on the use of taboo expressions in a literary work: Djenars Mereka Bilang Saya Monyet!, which is about eighty. Based on those data, those expressions can be grouped into their categories and degrees of politeness-impoliteness. Those categories are: comparison with animal, bodily effluvia, bodily organ, mental defect, disease, torturing-rapingkilling, sexual activity, sexual-related behavior, consumption, place and verbal insult. Meanwhile, the degrees of politeness-impoliteness are: euphemism, orthophemism and dysphemism. It is expected that the reader of this paper can comprehend the use of taboo, particularly in a literary work.

Keywords: taboo, politeness, impoliteness


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v14i2.383

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