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D. Instrument and Data Gathering Technique
In conducting this discourse analysis research, there was only one major instrument involved. It was 21
st
Jump Street movie‟s transcript as the subject
document. The researcher employed the transcript to collect the data of the swear words utterances. The transcript, consisted of two hundred and eight pages, and
taken from www.subscene.com. In gathering the data, the researcher used coding categories as the
technique. Frankel and Wallen 2006 state that apply coding categories is a technique that is used in discourse analysis method. Moreover, Frankel and
Wallen 2006 also mention that the researcher could decide the coding categories to get the data. In this study, the researcher made coding categories based on the
previous research, knowledge and theories that related to the topic of this study. The following table presented two objectives which became the focus of the study,
which were, the types of taboo words and the functions of taboo words. The format of the coding table showed how the researcher answered the first and
second research questions of this study.
Table 3.1. Format of the Coding Table of the Types of Swearing and Reasons for Swearing in the 21
st
Jump Street Movie
No Code Data
Types Reasons
Explanation
Dialogue Swearing
C P B
O I
S S
P M
S M
L M
1.
O-PM 00:05:51
Jenko: No fucking way. Schmidt:
One Percenters? These guys
are, like, big-time drug dealers.
No fucking way
√ √
Jenko is shocked because he see one
percenters gang, a drug dealer gang.
2.
P-PM 00:16:43
Capt. Dickson: Infiltrate
the dealers, find the supplier
Jenko: But if we find
the supplier
first,we God damn
√ √
Capt. Dickson angry because Jenko tries
to argue his opinion.
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No Code Data
Types Reasons
Explanation
Dialogue Swearing
C P B
O I
S S
P M
S M
L M
dont have to worry about the dealers.
Capt. Dickson: God
damn. Infiltrate the dealers, find the supplier
Legends: 01:02:03 : Hour: 01; Minute: 02; Second: 03
C : Cursing
P : Profanity
B : Blasphemy
O : Obscenity
IS : Insult and Slurs
S : Scatology
PM : Psychological Motive
SM : Social Motive
LM : Linguistic Motive
E. Data Analysis Technique
There were two techniques involved in analyzing data in this study, namely counting and narrative analysis.
1. Counting
This technique is a characteristic of discourse analysis research which puts emphasis on counting the frequency of several aspects investigated that would be
the research results Frankel Wallen, 2006. Thus, the researcher used counting as the technique to analyze how many times each types of swear words and
reasons for swearing found in 21
st
Jump Street movie. Moreover, the researcher also used counting to identify the frequency of each types of swear words and
reasons for swearing found in 21
st
Jump Street movie. For example, the researcher counted how many times cursing and scatology expressions could appear in 21
st
Jump Street movie and then the researcher counted all cursing and scatology expressions appeared in 21
st
Jump Street movie See appendix 1. After the
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