This study hopefully has some benefits for all students, especially at UIN English Letter Department student. Moreover, in this study, the student can apply their
knowledge and comprehension in the appropriate daily conversation, especially in formal occasion.
F. Research Methodology
1. Method of Research
In this research the writer uses a qualitative-descriptive method; the writer describes the main data which are taken from “Jennifer’s body” scripts
through http:www.imsdb.comsearch.php, then the writer analyzed the data from semantic theory, and also correlating some of theories that are relevant
with the research.
2. The Instrument
The instrument in this research is the writer herself by collecting and noting the word related to the euphemism. The word will be analyzed carefully
by giving the explanation. Besides analyzing the data, the writer also puts it as the evidence in this research.
3. Collecting Data
The data of the study are the scripts “Jennifer’s Body”. The data are also found from http:www.imsdb.comsearch.php. That is movie website
where the writer browsed and got the transcripts of the movie “Jennifer’s Body” written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusuma.
Thus in detail she got through some steps, there are:
a. Watching the movie “Jennifer’s Body”. b. Reading the movie scripts of “Jennifer’s Body”
c. Searching euphemistic terms from the movie that guided by the movie scripts.
d. Giving a mark on euphemistic terms which are going to be observed. e. Using note technique to make a list of euphemism and then classify into
types of speech. f. Analyzing the euphemistic term and giving explanation what kind of
semantic changes involved in the use of euphemistic term by applying componential analysis.
4. Technique of Data Analysis
In this study, the main data will be analyzed by some ways. The writer use method to analyze the data in this study should be outlined in order to the
writer doesn’t find confusion and go out of this study. Here, the writer applies also descriptive method that is a method used
in order to make a description, an illustration, or a picture systematically, factually and accurately about the fact. Technique used to verify the semantics
properties is binary semantic features.
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Next the data will be analyzed by using core meaning analysis. It is used to find the meaning of word, even through the
data is not in a sentence. In order to succeed in this research, the writer benefited the qualitative
analysis data by implementing the following procedures:
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a. Collecting the books that are relevant to semantics change, the euphemism and dysphemism taboo word or dispreferred
expression. b. Reading and understanding some theories of semantic theory,
semantic change, euphemism and dysphemism. c. Describing taboo and euphemistic term.
d. Substituting the euphemistic term with taboo term. e. Analyzing the data by using the set of components to compare and
identify the meaning relation and semantic change. f. Analyzing the data by using core meaning analysis that is a
technique to find out the meaning of the word even though the word is not in sentence.
5 . Unit of Analysis
The analysis unit of the research is the scripts of “Jennifer’s Body”, where the scripts take from http:www.imsdb.comsearch.php, a website that
full of movie’s scripts.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
