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Formulation Problem
Eminem, by name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III, (born
This research is also trying to answer the
October 17, 1972, St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.), American
rapper, record producer, and actor who was known as
following questions:
one of the most-controversial and best-selling artists 1. What are the types of Taboo words ?
of the early 21st century. In 2000 Eminem released The Marshall 2. What are the function of taboo words found in
Mathers LP, which set a record in the United States for the fastest- The Marshall Mathers LP Album?
selling rap album. The incredible success of the album, which
included the provocative hit singles “The Real Slim Shady” and “Stan,”
brought more controversy. To silence17 critics, in 2001 Eminem
performed a duet with openly gay musician Elton John at the Grammy
Awards, where The Marshall Mathers LP was nominated for best
album of the year.
RESEARCH BACKGROUND
IN daily life, humans as social creatures always
communicate to people around themby using language.
After analyzing taboo words, the writer found there are 9
Language in communication has important role in order to
types of taboo words based Timothy Jay and 6 functions
share the information and idea to the others. People may have a
of taboo words based on Liedlich
certain ways in using language to expose their feelings in daily
life. For example, people using bad language when they want to
Types of Taboo Words ( Timothy Jay ) show anger, disappointed, and frustration. Bad language is a
term that people use in their daily life when they use
1. Cursing 6. Slang
inappropriate language in order to communicate among them,
2. Profanity 7. Epithets
but in linguistics study specifically in sociolinguistics field, the
3. Blasphemy 8. Insult and Slur
term of bad language as known as taboo language.
4. Obscenity 9. Scatology
5. Vulgarity

Functions of Taboo Words ( Liedlich)

Create Attention
Discredit
Provoke Violent Confrontation Data Collecting Tecnique :
Endearment Watching, Listening, and Reading
The Creation of Strong Interpersonal
Identifying the taboo words used the lyrics
Identification
Provide Catharsis Marking the taboo words found in the lyrics
Validity
Classification
Data Analysis Technique :
The writer found there are 72 total data of
After the data have been collected, the writer categorizing
taboo words for the types and the functions of
types of taboo words
taboo words and function of taboo words refer to the theories from Liedlich (1973)