THE ANALYSIS OF CONNOTATIVE MEANING AND ITS IMPLICATURE ON THE JAVANESE TABOO WORDS, SURABAYA DIALECT

Abstract

This thesis deals with pragmatic studies which concern with the contextual meaning of a word. The object analyzed in this thesis is the Surabaya’s taboos. The writer intends to find out the connotative meaning and the implicature of each taboo word. The data applied in this writing are qualitative and quantitative data which mean the data are written text and in the form of number. Data collection in this thesis use a questionnaire which is given to the HIMASURYA’s students and randomly chosen people in Bungkul Garden. This thesis is descriptive study which elaborates the connotative meaning and the implicature of each taboo in order to determine the speaker’s meaning. The result of this thesis indicates that the Surabaya’ taboos are used not only for expressing negative, but also the positive. In general, the Surabaya’s taboos word is used to express amazed feeling, intimacy, anger, and disagreement. In conclusion, the analysis of the connotative meaning and the implicature of the Surabaya’s taboos word are to determine the speaker’s meaning which deals with positive meaning.