Form and Function of Swear Words at Kelir Slindet Novel by Kedung Darma Romansha

Abstract

. A novel is a social description of a particular society. The Kelir Slindet novel by Kedung Darma Romansha is a novel produced by a writer from Indramayu who contains many swear words. The problems in this research are: (1) what is the form of the swear words in the Kelir Slindet novel by Kedung Darma Romansha? (2) how is the function of swear words in the Kelir Slindet novel by Kedung Darma Romansha? This study aims to describe (1) the swearing form of Kelir Slindet novel by Kedung Darma Romansha; (2) the swearing function of Kelir Slindet novel by Kedung Darma Romansha. This study used the descriptive qualitative method. The results of this study are as follows. (1) The swearing form used in the Kelir Slindet novel by Kedung Darma Romansha consists of eight forms of swearing, namely: (a) swearing used animal names; (b) swearing used limbs; (c) profession-type swearing; (d) activity-type swearing; (e) adjective-type swearing; (f) demonic swearing; (g) kinship word-type swearing; (h) noun-type swearing. (2) The swearing function in the Kelir Slindet novel by Kedung Darma Romansha expresses anger, emotion, disappointment or annoyance, a sense of intimacy or closeness, surprise, admiration, or praise.