THE INFLUENCE OF ONLINE GAMES ON STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR: Identifying the Use of Taboo Words Among Students’ at English Education Study of UKI Toraja

NOVRIC CAESAR TANGDIALLA, 2024. THE INFLUENCE OF ONLINE
GAMES ON STUDENTS' LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR: Identifying the Use of Taboo
Words Among Students' at English Education Study of UKI Toraja (Supervised by
Shilfani, S.Pd., M.Pd. and Normalia Sirande, S.Pd., M.Pd.).
The purpose of this study is to find types the taboo words are very often
used by students who play online games in the 7th semester English education study
program of UKI Toraja. Data were collected using a questionnaire distributed to 6
7th semester English education students who play online games. This research used
quantitative methods then the results of the research were analyzed descriptively.
The results found several taboo words that were very often used by students
who play games. 2 is the category of curse taboo words, 1 blasphemy, 2 obscenity
and 1 name calling and insulting. The cursing category taboo words that were very
often used are “fuck and damn” then the blasphemy category taboo word that were
very often used is “oh my god” then the obscenity category taboo word that were
very often used is “shit and motherfucker” and the category taboo word calling
names and insults that are often used is “nigger”.
The conclusion of this study found that there are 6 taboo words that are often
used by UKI Toraja English education students, namely “fuck”, “damn”, “oh my
god”, “shit”, “motherfucker”, and “nigger”.