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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the discussion of the research that had been done by the researcher covering the research questions that had been mentioned in chapter
one. So, the explanations in this chapter are divided into three parts categorized according to the three research questions which later on, are explained in two
parts based on the findings and the discussions.
A. The Expressions of Black English Used in the Movies
Answering the first research question, the sample movies had already been analyzed based on its speech functions Expressive, directive, referential,
metalinguistic, poetic, and phatic utterances. Although there are six speech functions to analyze a language, unfortunately there are only four speech
functions out of six which can be used in analyzing the data found in this research. They are expressive, directive, referential, and phatic utterances while the two
speech functions which cannot be used because of lack of the expressions of Black English as samples are metalinguistic and poetic utterances.
1. Expressive Utterance
Expressive utterance is a speech function which expresses the speakers’ feeling. By analyzing the expressions of Black English from the sample movies, it
was found that there were one hundred and forty four expressions out of five
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29 hundred and ninety six expressions showing expressive utterances from the data
and mostly those expressions of Black English show expressive utterances which mean boast, mockery, anger, and grumble.
a. Boast
There are some samples of Black English expressions showing the expressive utterances from the data which mean boast. Here are the samples:
Marcus, “You see what happens when you go off without me?” Bad Boys I, minute 45, second 21
Mike, “I ain’t say I was scared.” Bad Boys II, minute 19, second 31
Carter, “I been looking everything for this shit.” Rush Hour 1, minute 6 second 49
Carter, “I’m gonna working a big, big case for the FBI Rush Hour I, minute 16, second 17
Carter, “My daddy’ll kick your daddy’s ass all the way from here to China or Japan or whatever you from...”
Rush Hour I, minute 14, second 26
b. Mockery
There are some samples of Black English expressions showing the expressive utterances from the data which mean mockery. Here are the samples:
Carter, “And you ain’t black” Rush Hour II, minute 23, second 12
Carter, ”Why don’t y’all take that badge and shove it up your ass?” Rush Hour I, minute 47, second 15
Mike, ”Nigga, you a big, tall, Ludacris-looking motherfucker, ain’t you?” Bad Boys II, minute 24, second 13
Mike, “Oh, you ain’t no snitch.” Bad Boys II, minute 38, second 01
Mike, “You ain’t getting none at home.” Bad Boys I, minute 17, second 09
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Anger There are some samples of Black English expressions showing the
expressive utterances from the data which mean anger. Here are the samples: Theresa, “You ain’t screwing nothing”
Bad Boys I, minute 31, second 12 Noah, “He knows it ain’t a chemistry set, asshole.”
Bad Boys 1, minute 50 second 28 Marcus, “You the fucking man tonight”
Bad Boys I, minute 08, second 08 Mike, “I think I done just got mad.”
Bad Boys II, minute 35, second 35 Haitian, “I’m gonna kill you motherfucker”
Bad Boys II, minute 50, second 39
d. Grumble
There are some samples of Black English expressions showing the expressive utterances from the data which mean grumble. Here are the samples:
Marcus, “Please, man, I’m not getting my sex at home.” Bad Boys 1, minute 1 second 13
Marcus, “I don’t like the way we been treated.” Bad Boys I, minute 02, second 32
Marcus, “ 80,000 for this car, and you ain’t got no cup holder?” Bad Boys I, minute 01, second 37
Carter, “I think I done broke my shit.” Rush Hour I, minute 04, second 36
Marcus, “Got me climbing like a chimp.” Bad Boys I, minute 17, second 48
2. Directive Utterances
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