representation of human real life, the researcher thinks that it is acceptable to use a movie as source of data.
The researcher uses a movie entitled Bad Teacher as the source of her research. In Bad Teacher movie, the characters frequently use taboo words in their
conversations so that the utterances can be analyzed easily. Moreover, the characters in Bad Teacher movie mostly come from people with higher educational background.
Therefore, it is interesting to analyze the use of taboo words by the characters that have a good educational background. Hence, it can provide a good example of the
occurrence of taboo words in well-educated society.
B. Research Focus
Using taboo words will create a problem for many people if they do not understand the meaning and the functions why others utter taboo words. Therefore,
the researcher is interested to analyze the problem that may happen through a movie which is a representation of human life in society. In this case, the researcher uses
Bad Teacher movie. This movie is very interesting to be analyzed since it has so
many uncensored taboo words so that it can be easily analyzed.
In accordance with the short explanation above, the researcher finds some problems which are very interesting to be explored. The first problem is related to the
types of taboo words which are used to swear. Since the characters in Bad Teacher movie frequently produce taboo words in their conversations such as fuck and shit it
is very interesting to analyze the types of taboo words.
The second problem that is important to be explored is about the functions of taboo words. The functions of taboo words used by the characters may vary in
different context. Therefore, analyzing the functions of taboo words from the characters’ conversation is very interesting.
Then, the third problem is related to the social factors that influence the occurrence of taboo words uttered by the characters in Bad Teacher movie. It is
interesting to analyze the social factors such as the participants, the setting, the topic and the function that can describe all kinds of interaction that happen among the
characters. Next, the fourth problem that can be identified related to the use of taboo
words in Bad Teacher movie is about social status. There is an assumption that taboo words are mostly uttered by lower class people with a lower educational background.
However, in Bad Teacher movie, the characters that have good educational background still use taboo words. Therefore, it is interesting to analyze the
occurrence of taboo words uttered by those people who have good educational background.
In addition, the fifth problem that is worth-examining in this movie is whether gender influences the use of taboo words. As already known, there are opinions that
women swear less than men, and men speak more forcefully than women. In Bad Teacher movie, taboo words are not only uttered by men but women characters do so.
Therefore, it is interesting to know the factors behind it.
Knowing that there are many problems arising dealing with taboo words analysis, there are many possibilities of problems that can be analyzed. However, due
to the limited time and knowledge of the researcher, the research only focuses on the first and the second problems. The first problem is essential to analyze because it will
help the researcher understand the types of taboo words that mostly occur in Bad Teacher movie.
Then, for the second problem, it is important to analyze the functions of taboo words uttered by the characters in Bad Teacher movie. Analyzing the functions of
taboo words will help the researcher to find the significance of producing taboo words.
Therefore, based on the research focus above, the problems of the research can be formulated as follows:
1. What types of taboo words are used in Bad Teacher movie? 2. What are the functions of taboo words uttered by the characters in Bad
Teacher movie?
C. Objectives of the Research
