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Smith and Crozier; 1998:113-114. It is amazing to find that this language arouses many controversies when it is also widely used by people around the
world. In other words, people admit the language by using it and also judge that the language as not suitable to be used as media of communication in their
society.
B. Problem Limitation
The fact that English is an International language make some people aware that they need to understand more about the language. Those people do some
researches and find out that there are many kinds of English such as; American English Am E, British English Br E, Singapore English Sing E, Black
English BEV, and others. Inside the language itself, there is different language features and accents which supports the fact that each language has its own unique
and characteristics especially the language of Black English that is usually used by Afro-American African-American people.
Surely, there are many points to analyze all of the factors involved in Black English. In this thesis, the research only focus on the usage of Black
English used by the characters in Afro-American movies which are Afro- American or other nationalities in social environment and its linguistics features
appeared when it is used. Specifically, it discusses the use of Black English as it is portrayed in four Afro-American movies entitled Rush Hour I, Rush Hour II, Bad
Boys I , and Bad Boys II. The researcher considers the movies to be representative
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the researcher concludes that not all Afro-American movies can be used for this research.
C. Problem Formulation
This research is formulated into three research questions covering the aspects that the researcher is curious about.
1. What are the expressions of Black English used in the movies?
2. What are the linguistics features of the Black English used in the movies?
3. How is the Black English used by the speaker in the movies influenced by its
social factors?
D. Research Objectives
This research discusses the expressions of Black English and also the way it is used by the speakers in the sample movies Rush Hour I, Rush Hour II, Bad
Boys I , and Bad Boys II. This paper is intended to:
1. Identify the expressions of Black English used in the samples movies.
2. Identify the linguistics features of the expressions of the Black English used
in the movies. 3.
Identify the influence of the social factors on the usage of Black English.
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E. Research Benefits
