Wahjudi, Stefani (2008) Types and functions of English taboo
words used in Edmund White's A Boy's Own Story. Bachelor thesis,
Petra Christian University.Full text not available from this
repository. Taboo words are generally offensive and considered
inappropriate for being used in most occasions. However, people,
although they were considered as well educated persons, still
used taboo words in some occasions. This research attempted to
find out the types and the functions of taboo words mostly used
by the main character in this novel. In conducting this
research, the writer used a qualitative-descriptive approach and
she became the instrument that collected and analyzed the data
from A Boy's Own Story novel. The writer analyzed the taboo
words that were spoken by Edmund and his gay friends. In the
analysis, the occurrences of taboo words can be classified based
on the types such as (one's) mother in law, certain game animal,
sex, death, excretory, bodily functions, anatomical and
religious matters and also ba