EUPHEMISM IN STUDENTS’ CODE SWITCHING DISCOURSE PERFORMED IN WHATSAPP

MUH. YAHYA RAHMAN (F022191008): Euphemism in students’ code switching discourse performed in Whatsapp. (Supervised by Abdul Hakim Yassi and Hamzah A. Machmoed)
The research aims to reveal the categories and meanings of euphemism in students’ code-switching discourse performed in WhatsApp.
This Thesis is descriptive qualitative research. The data are words, phrases, and clauses of code switching used in Whatsapp by postgraduate students of English Language Studies at Hasanuddin University in academic year 2019/2020. The theory used is based on Allan and Burridge (1991) and Agus (2012). The instruments used is observation.
The result of this research shows that There are 3 categories of euphemism found in code switching performed by by the post graduate students of English Language Studies at Hasanuddin University in the academic year 2019/2020 in Whatsapp. They are euphemism of religion/magic, euphemism of taboo, and euphemism of social. There is one datum that shows the euphemism of religion, 7 data showing euphemism of taboo, and 30 data showing euphemism of social.
Keywords: Code switching, Euphemism, Hasanuddin university.