Abstract:
This research discusses the study of sociolinguistic analysis of taboo expressions
on Twitter about politics. This study aims to analyze the types, contexts, and
reasons behind taboo words on Twitter about politics. The data were analyzed by
using the descriptive evaluative method. Therefore, desk research was used to
analyze the data. The data focused on the types of taboo words in three Twitter
accounts, namely @hukummilikpenguasa, @oktorankri, and @suluh98. Based on
the analysis, eight types of taboo words exist in the posts of three Twitter accounts
about politics: epithet, cursing, Scatology, insults and slurs, profanity, Blasphemy,
Vulgarity, and slang. There are 20 pieces of data found in the research. Epithet
there are 3 data (15%), cursing there are 1 data (5%), Scatology there are 2 data
(10%), insult and slurs there are 5 data (25%), profanity there are 1 data (5%),
Blasphemy there are 1 data (5%), Vulgarity there are 3 data (15%), and slang
there are 4 data (20%). For the cause of using taboo words, there are five
obtained: anger or frustration, Descriptive-Evaluative, Joking, Surprise, and
Insult. To show anger or frustration, there are 7 data (35%), Descriptiveevaluative
there
are
4
data
(20%),
joking
there
are
2
data
(10%),
surprise
there
are
1
data
(5%),
insult
there
are
6
data
(30%).
Hopefully,
this
research
can
be
useful
for
everyone
who
wants
to
learn
sociolinguistics.
