35 contained the sufficient data that might help the researcher to answer the research
problems. The second step was downloading the transcript of 12 Years a Slave movie.
This step was needed to help the researcher have the accurate dialogues of the movie and make sure that the researcher was not wrong in understanding the
dialogues through the characters‘ utterances.
The next step was re-watching the movie to obtain better understanding about the story line and checking the accuracy of the movie transcript. In this step,
the researcher marked the dialogue containing swear words in the movie transcript. After being marked, each swear word was categorized based on the
types of swear words and the purposes of using swear words. The dialogues which did not contain swear words were omitted.
E. Data Analysis Technique
Here the researcher describes the technique in analyzing data. In this research there were several steps conducted to analyze the data.
First, the researcher categorized the dialogue which contain swear words. The data would be transferred into categorization system which was drawn to a
table presented as Table 3.1. Second, the data that had been categorized in the table were analyzed to
describe the types of swear words and the purposes of using swear words in the movie. To support the data analysis, the researcher counted the swear words based
on their types and the purposes of uttering them. It aimed to see the occurrence of PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
36 the swear words found in the movie. Then, numbers in the form of percentages of
each phenomenon were employed to support the description of the data. Third, the researcher discussed the data to describe the types of swear words
and the purposes of using the swear words. The types of swear words that are suggested by Batistella 2005 and the purposes of using swear words by Rothwell
1973 can help the researcher to answer the research problem number one and two. To enrich the references, the researcher also used other theories about swear
words from some experts and linguists. The context shown in the movie was also involved in the process of discussion the findings
Fourth, the researcher watched again the movie to see whether the purposes of the swear words matched with the discussion. It is needed to help the
researcher interpret the dialogues in the movie. The last step to do was reporting the findings and the discussion. In
addition, she also drew conclusions based on the results of the research
F. Research Procedure.
In conducting this research, the researcher did some steps of procedure. Here were the steps:
1. Deciding the topic and the research problems
