CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
There are 95 data of strong swear words which are divided into 8 categories. These are below.
Table 03. Strong swear words found in “Crank”
No. Strong swear words
Expressions Page
1. Exclamation of annoyance
Shit Damn
2,3,22,32,33. 28,32.
2. Exclamation of surprised
Shit 7,10.
3. Exclamation of unconcern
Shit 10,19,48.
4. Insult Bitch,
Fucked Asshole
Cockwipe Son of a bitch
Bastard Motherfucker
Shit Fuck
Cocksucker 1,7,17,25,47,50.
2,6,9,35. 2, 8, 9,19,20,21,
38, 43, 45. 3.
5, 24, 51. 5.
6,9,18,20,33,36, 45, 48, 50.
8,15,18,26,27, 33,36,37,41,42,47
18 43
5. Insulting request to go away
- -
6. Emphasize an emotion
Fucking Shit
2,6,7,13,14,17,32, 41,42.
2,13,20,30,31,34,
Damn Sucking
Fucked 41,50.
13 17
2,26.
7. Surprised question
What the fuck? Where the fuck?
What the hell? How the hell?
Who the hell? What a fucking
1, 36, 47. 4,50.
9,20,25,34,43. 36
46 47
8. Violent refusalrejection
Don’t fuck with me Fuck
6 18,41.
There are nine data of weak swear words which are divided into 4 categories. These are below.
Table 04. Weak swear words found in “Crank”
No. Weak swear words
Expression Page
1. Exclamation of annoyance
- -
2. Exclamation of surprised
Jesus Oh my God
Jesus Christ 3,17,43,50.
25,31. 40
3. Emphasize an emotion
4. insult Idiot
5,22.
There are 75 data of strong swear words which are considered taboo in English divided into 4 categories. These are below.
Table 05. Strong swear words which are considered Taboo found in “Crank”
No. Strong swear words
Expression Page
1. Lavatory Shit
2,3,7,8,10,13,15,18, 19,20,22,26,27,30,
31,32,33,34,36,37, 41,42,47,48,50.
2. Private part of the body Ass
Cock 2,6,8,9,17,18,19,20,
34,21,38,43,45. 3,43.
3. Religion -
-
4. Sexual activity
Fuck Son of a bitch
Bastard 1,2,4,6,7,9,13,14,17
,35,18,26,32,36,41, 42,47,50.
5,24,51. 5
There are five data of weak swear words which are considered taboo in English divided into 4 categories. These are below.
Table 06. Weak swear words which are considered taboo found in “Crank”
Weak swear words Expression
Page
lavatory Private part of the body
Religion Jesus
Jesus Christ 3,17,43,50.
40 Sexual activity
Then, there are 26 data of strong swear words that are not considered taboo in English and four data of weak swear words that are not considered taboo
in English because those are not included in category of taboo words.
B. Analyzing the Data
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