Classification of Swear Words in Javanese Used by East Java People

DOI

10.2991/prasasti-19.2019.30How to use a DOI?

Keywords

classification of swear words; East Java people; Javanese language; swearing; referent

Abstract

Swear words relates to types of words used by someone to express their anger. Those words were analyzed in this study using qualitative method. It was used to collect, analyze, and present the result of the study. In addition, the data of this study were collected using interview method with in depth interview, record, and note technique. Then the data were analyzed using descriptive analytic technique with referent theory and writer’s intuition as native speaker of Javanese from East Java. Moreover, the presentation of the data used informal method using words. In addition, the aims of this study are finding the classification of swear words. The main result of this study shows that the classification of swear words are categorized based on: (1) anatomical terms like matamu, ndasmu, raimu, and lambemu; (2) animal terms like asu, jangkrik, and wedus; (3) kinship terms like mbahmu and kakekanmu; and (4) Arekan dialeck like jancok and cok.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Istianatul Hikmah
PY  - 2019/08
DA  - 2019/08
TI  - Classification of Swear Words in Javanese Used by East Java People
BT  - Proceedings of the Fifth Prasasti International Seminar on Linguistics (PRASASTI 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 177
EP  - 182
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/prasasti-19.2019.30
DO  - 10.2991/prasasti-19.2019.30
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