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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter aims to present the result of the study, which had been analyzed in the ways explained in methodology. There are two sections which
mention and discuss the findings in the purpose of answering the research questions. The first section presents the kinds of swear words found in Bad Boys
II to answer the first research question. Meanwhile, to answer the research question number two, the second section elaborates the way Mike expresses the
swear words in Bad Boys II movie. The data were collected from the Bad Boys II movie transcript.
A. The Kinds of Swear Words Uttered by Mike Lawrey in Bad Boys II
Movie
In finding the kinds of swear words found in Bad Boys II movie, the researcher used the theory of Jay 1992. Referring to Jay 1992, there are several
kinds of swear words such as cursing, profanity, blasphemy, taboo or obscenity, vulgarity, epithets, insult and slurs, and scatology.
1. Cursing
The first kind of swear words found in Bad Boys II movie was cursing. As stated in Chapter II, Jay 1992 defines cursing as the intention to evoke harm on
another person through the use of certain words or phrases which obtains power to PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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consensus and it is not without danger for a speaker. There were some examples of this kind as seen on the following dialogues.
1 Mike
:
“Blue power, motherfuckers. Miami PD.”
Marcus :
“Aw, damn. It’s the Negroes.” Mike
: “Casper, drop the bag. Alpha leader, bring them in.”
00.05.41-00.05.58 This dialogue takes place when Mike and his partner, Marcus, are showing
their disguises in front of the culprits. They wear the costumes as the culprits wear to hide their identity. They point their guns to the culprits and call them
“motherfuckers” to express their anger to what the culprits are doing. It is included into cursing because it causes harm through physical and psychological
punishments. Mike intentionally calls the culprits with th e word “motherfucker”
which shows his power to arrest the culprits. 2
Haitian Blondie : “Fuck you How’s that? I’m gonna kill you, motherfucker Your country, my ass Fuck you
” Mike
:
“Fuck me? Fuck you”
00.49.10-00.49.12
The dialogue above takes place when Mike and the member of Icepick or Haitian Blondie are at the gun war. The Haitian Blondie curses Mike first because
his place is found by Mike and Marcus as the police. Mike curses him back and keeps holding the guns in his hands. He is ready to shoot the Icepick and gets the
suspects. “Fuck me?” and “Fuck you” are included into cursing because they harm and give psychological attack to the listener. Mike attacks the Haitian
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