Research Setting Data Source
27 this phenomenon, this study wanted to investigate what types of swear words and
why people swear. 2.
Reviewing Related Literature The following step was finding out related literature to the problem which
was investigated. This step aimed to gain more understanding and insight that would be used as the grounded theory to answer the research problems. The
researcher read some theories which mainly discussed taboo, swear words and the language used and theories which talked about the methods used to conduct
research. As a result, the researcher could understand the types of swear words and the reasons for swearing.
3. Making Table of Analysis
After the researcher read some theories related to the topic investigated, the researcher made a table as the place to put conversations which used swear words.
The table was made before any analysis begun. Specifically, the researcher made the table based on previous study which also used a table to identify types of
swear words and why people swear. 4.
Deciding Data Source and Identifying Data After making the table of analysis, the researcher looked for data sources
for the investigation. This study used 21
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Jump Street movie transcription as the main source. After that, the researcher started to identify conversations that used
swear words and put them in the table which had been made in the previous step.
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Interpreting Data In interpreting the data, the writer mostly used the theories from Jay 1992
which discussed about types of swear words. Beside Jay‟s theory, the researcher
also used Anderson 1985 theory which discussed about the reasons for swearing. After the researcher had found all the features appeared in the transcription and
put the conversation in the table, he started to categorize each type and reason of swearing.
6. Reporting Results
The last step involved in conducting this research was reporting the results. The researcher wrote the report based on the findings. Since the research was
qualitative research, the researcher presented the results in a narrative form.