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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter, there are two sections which describe findings and discussions. Findings section describes the result of analysis related to the problems which are
mentioned in chapter I including the types of swearing and the reasons for swearing. The second section describes the discussions of the research which present the explanation of
the data result which have been analyzed followed by the example.
A. Findings
This section describes the findings of the research on swearing uttered by Vincent Vega and Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction. According to the analysis process,
the total data collected in the research are sixty three data and they are displayed in Table 2. The table shows the data which have been classified into the types of
swearing, the reasons for swearing, and also the frequency of their occurrences. In Table 2, there are five types of swearing, i.e. dysphemistic swearing, abusive
swearing, idiomatic swearing, emphatic swearing, and cathartic swearing. Those types are all uttered by Vincent Vega and Butch Coolidge as the main characters in
the movie. In addition, the three reasons for swearing are also presented in the data. The results are displayed in the following table.
Table 2: Data findings of types of swearing and reasons for swearing
No
Types of Swearing Reasons for Swearing
T o
ta l
P er
ce n
ta g
e
Psychological Motives
Social Motives
Linguistic Motives
1 Dysphemistic Swearing
16
16 25.39
2 Abusive Swearing
4
4 6.34
3 Idiomatic Swearing
13
13 20.64
4 Emphatic Swearing
11 11
22 34.93
5 Cathartic Swearing
8
8 12.70
Total 8
44 11
63
100 Percentage
12.70 69.84
17.46
100
It can be seen in Table 2 that the most frequently used type of swearing which employed by the main characters is emphatic swearing, in which it appears twenty-
two times 34.93. Vincent employs this type seventeen times and Butch employs it four times. It becomes the most frequently used type of swearing since both main
characters tend to use swearing within conversations in order to emphasis their statements to the listeners. Moreover, the main characters frequently employ this type
since it is considered as mild swearing and not really provoking the listeners while hear it.
The second frequently used type is dysphemistic swearing, in which it appears sixteen times 25.39. Vincent employs this type twelve times and Butch employs it
four times. As the second most frequent types, dysphemistic swearing is frequently employed by the characters since it is definitely effective in order to illustrate
something bad to the hearer.
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