Analysis Of Swear Words Used By The Characters In Chips Movie

This study aims to identify the types of swear words used by the characters in CHIPS movie and to explain the function of swear words used. The type of the study is qualitative research. This study uses documentation and observation as method of collecting data. The data in this study is the dialogue uttered by the chracters while the data source of this study is CHIPS movie and its script. In collecting data, the first step done by the researcher is replaying the film at least five times by using computer, transcribing data from the film into the form of dialogue lists, fixing the dialogue lists with movie script downloaded from internet, reading the dialogue lists carefully to determine whether the dialogues contain swearing or not, the last identifying the listed dialogues which contain swear words. In technique of analyzing data, the researcher uses theory from Magnus Ljung to analyze the type of swear words and theory from Andersson and Trudgills to analyze the function of swearing. First, the result of the study shows that there are 5 types of swear words used by the characters: religious theme, scatological theme, sex organs theme, sexual activity theme, and mother theme. Agent Castillo is the most character who uses swear words in his utterance and sexual activity theme and scatological theme are the most type of swear words used by all characters. Second, this study shows there are 4 function of swearing: expletive swearing, abusive swearing, humorous swearing and auxiliary swearing. The researcher finds that all characters use swear words to express their own feeling or emotion and to emphasize their utterances