ISLLAC : Journal of Intensive Studies on Language, Literature, Art, and Culture
Vol 8, No 1 (2024)

THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF TABOO WORDS IN GRAND THEFT AUTO V PROLOGUE STORY MISSION

Arkaan, Anantio Roofiif (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
28 Jun 2024

Abstract

This research objective is to find out what types of taboo words and function used in the game Grand Theft Auto V. This research use theory based on Battistella’s theory on taboo words types, Wardhaugh’s theory on the function of taboo words and to bridge between types and function using Lyon’s theory on contextual analysis. The researcher found that the character in this game tend to use obscenity (48.57%) on types of taboo words and draw attention (48.57%) as the function of taboo words.

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ISLLAC : Journal of Intensive Studies on Language, Literature, Art, and Culture
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Abbrev

jisllac

Publisher

Universitas Negeri Malang

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

ISLLAC Journal is an international journal that publishes the best works of intensive research and conceptual studies on language, literature, art, and culture. The first publication of the journal in 2017, in conjunction with international seminars of language, literature, art, and culture. The ...