5 gate‖ p. 61. Jay 2000 adds ―taboo topics are not regarded as a legitimate topic
for scholarly examination due to the nature of the taboo itself, which perpetuated and strengthens the taboo with
in the culture‖ p. 91. By having knowledge and better understanding about swear words, the ELESP students who will be the
future English teachers should be able to teach ESL students well about swear words and their implementation. The EFL students are expected to be able to use
swear words appropriately based on the situation where they have to say them or not. For example, the University of Texas have a subject which discusses
―Maledicta‖ bad language, race, class and gender in American popular culture the syllabus can be seen in appendix B. By using the references from 12 Years a
Slave movie, this thesis tries to provide information and analysis about swear words which might help the teachers make the course design.
B. Problem Formulations
This study addresses two research questions: 1.
What the types of swear words are uttered by White and Black characters in 12 Years a Slave movie?
2. What are the purposes of using swear words uttered by White and Black
characters in 12 Years a Slave movie?
C. Problem Limitation
In this research, the researcher focuses on analyzing words, phrases, or sentences which contain swear words that are used by the characters in 12 Years a
6 Slave movie. The scope is sociolinguistics field which aims to know the
relationship between language and the society. The setting of the movie is in the slavery period in America in which Black people got very brutal treatment as the
slaves of White people. The other words, phrases, or sentences which do not contain swear words or do not have relation with those words are not going to be
analyzed further. This study focuses on analyzing the types of swear words and the purposes of using them.
D. Objectives of the Study
Based on the problem formulations above, the researcherformulates two
research objectives, they are:
1. To find out the types of swear words that are uttered by White and Black
characters in 12 Years a Slave movie. These various swear words provide different meanings based on the contexts in the dialogues found in the movie.
If necessary, the researcher will describe the historical contexts from which
the swear words originate.
2. To find out the purposes of using swear words that are uttered by White and
Black characters in 12 Years a Slave movie. The researcher will determine the intention of the speakers in the movie in uttering swear words by considering
the contexts provided based on their dialogues in the movie.
E. Research Benefits
The research benefits are as follows: PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
7 1.
For the Students The information and knowledge in this research will help the students
understand the concept of swear words. Although it is forbidden to use swear words openly, they might use them as information in learning English as a second
language. 2.
For the Readers This research hopefully can help the readers to have more understanding in
the context of sociolinguistics field about swear words and ethnicity. 3.
For Future Researchers As this research contains information about the types of swear words and
the purposes of uttering swear words, the researchers who want to conduct similar research can use the information in this research as a reference.
F. Definition of Terms
