84 The word fuck here is abusive swearing since it hauls the emotional
burden toward someone the umpire. This utterance is performative and an illocution and the act performed is expressive deploring since it expresses the
psychological state of affairs and shows disapproval. However, this utterance does not qualify the rules B.1, B.2, T.1, and T.2 of felicity condition. For the B
rules, the audiences does not treat the utterance is if it is used to abuse or offend. For the T rules, it seems that Carlin does not really mean to offend someone by
this utterance. These two conditions make this utterance misfired and void The answer to the research question number two derived from this part is that
the swear words are used abusively. The references and senses presented this part suppose to answer the research question number one. The sentences containing the
swear words seem to be performative and perform illocutionary force. The swear words might really cause offense if they are uttered in a real circumstance. However,
the illocution of the utterances in this part do not fulfill the felicity condition. It proves that the swear words here are not really used to abuse or offend anyone.
4.2.4. Taboo Words or Swear Words Uttered Emphatically
The taboo word which are used emphatically transforms into swear word since it does not refer to its literal meaning and has indiscernible analogy, is used as
85 an expletive interjection which means contain an emotive function. There is only one
example of emphatic swear words uttered in this monologue: 1
“ Shit
I won the Grammy, man, for the comedy album. Isnt that groovy?” There is still the same word which belongs to secular taboo i.e. shit. In
this utterance the word shit is also uttered with emotive function. This word is uttered separately from its literal meaning. Hence, this word has sense of
reflecting the emotional or feeling of the speaker. The word shit in this utterance is an expletive interjection since then it has no certain reference but has a sense
of “reflecting Carlin surprised feeling of receiving the Grammy”. It can be said
that the swear word is emphatic because it gives stronger emotional sense to an admiration
or amazement which is reflected by the sentence “Isnt that groovy?” Although it is still doubtful about admiration toward self is counted.
Alternatively, the word shit here can belong to cathartic swear word since it ref
lects the speaker‟s happiness. This is what Ljung claims as “spills over each other. This utterance is then constative and a locution since it only reflect the
speaker‟s feeling and nothing to do with the addressee audience although it has perlocutionary force which makes the audiences clap and make some noise of
amazement. The sense obtained from this utterance is the answer for the research question
number one. Whereas, for the research question number two, the swear word is
86 uttered emphatically and it is in the form of locution constative and locution. It
indicates no tendency of using the swear word to offend someone.
4.2.5. Taboo Words or Swear Words Uttered Cathartically
The taboo words which belong to this type transform into swear words since they contain emotive function and do not refer to their literal meaning. Cathartic
swear words are used to convey the feeling of the speaker or ease the speaker‟s
emotional burden. The utterances of this part are: 1
“She says, Oh shit oh shit, oh shit, oh shit. If she drops something, Oh, the shit hurt the broccoli. Shit
.” In this utterance, Carlin repetitively says the word shit. Each word shit in
this sentence is swear words since it carries emotive function. Since the words are used as swear words, they loses their literal meaning and what is left is the
notion or feeling of the speaker which is reflected Wajnryb, 2006. Sheidlower 2009 suggested that such swear words might means “to express dismay, anger,
disappointment, etc .” This definition might be relevant for all swear words in the
sense that the speaker does not expect something to happen. The sense obtained from this utterance is that “the speaker is panicking or surprised since she drops
something”.
87 Each of word shit above is cathartic swear word of which function is to
convey the emotional burst of the speaker toward in response to something happening in this case the lady drops something. Austin states that the act of
swearing in this way is constative with the act of locution. Here should be remembered that cathartic swearing actually does not have illocutionary effect.
However this utterance has perlocutionary effect which makes audiences still laugh in the midst of the repetitive swear words.
2 “
I can let my hair hang down now, shit .”
The case is still the same i.e. about the word shit. There is an emotive function again in this word. Thus, the word shit here is a swear word because
else the meaning of this word is also separated from its literal meaning. This word also loses its literal meaning in the context of this utterance. Since it is an
expletive, the reference of this word is doubtfully present. This swear word is a cathartic swear word since it reflect the feeling of the speaker Here Carlin feels
some relief of something about his hair as a result of winning the Grammy and it is the sense of the word shit in this utterance. This utterance is then constative
and a locution since it only reflect the speaker‟s feeling and nothing to do with the addressee.
3 “Aw Bat shit.”
The word shit in this utterance swear word since it contains emotive function which bursts emotional state of the speaker. The emotive function is
88 detected by the occurrence of the interjection “aw” and the phrase “bat shit”
itself. The sense obtained from this utterance is that “the speaker a guy in
Oklahoma namely Boggs, as it can be seen in the previous sentence is surprised or suffers from a sudden pain
”. In another context, Sheidlower 2009 suggests that the word bat shit might refer to
“crazy” p. 44. The word shit is considered swear word and included in cathartic
swear word since though an imitation it is uttered spontaneously and it is boundless to its literal meaning. This utterance is also constative and locution.
The senses which emerge in the utterances of this part are the answer to the research question number one. For the answer of the research question number two:
the swear words are used cathartically, conveying the emotional state of the speaker. However, Carlin really conveys his emotional state saying the expletive shit only in
one utterance i.e. the utterance 2. For the rest of the utterances in this part, Carlin merely simulates the circumstance. The cathartic swear word, as Austin notes, is also
a locution which is not intended to offend someone due to the absence of the illocutionary force.
