only one movie that used a lot of swear words, the reason why the writer chooses this movie was because the script of this movie is easily to find.
B. Focus of the Study
The research focuses on the use of swears words and its relationship with taboo words in the movie entitled “Crank”.
C. Research Question
The question of the research, which is going to be analyzed on this research, is:
1. How do the characters in “Crank” use the swear words to express their emotion?
2. What swear words that are used by them are considered taboo?
D. Significance of the Research
The writer hopes that this research would give some contribution to the other about the English language especially swear words language and swear
words that are considered taboo.
E. Research Methodology 1. The Objective of the Study
The Objective of the Study is: a.
To find out how the Characters in “Crank” use the swear words. b.
To find out how the swear words that are used by the characters are considered taboo.
2. Research Method
The method used in the study is descriptive method. The researcher describes the data whether the data categorize into strong or weak swear words
and analyzing them whether they are considered taboo or not.
3. The Technique of Data Analysis
The research used the data qualitatively especially the theory of swear words and its relationship with taboo words.
4. Unit Analysis
The unit analyses of the research are the Crank movie script taken from www.imsdb.com.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Definition of Swear Words
Swear words are the words that are said as a reaction toward something happened that people do not expect and want it. The action that people do not
want or realize can make them feel disappointed, angry, annoyed etc. People who cannot control their emotion when facing this situation sometimes said some
words. Because these words are expression of their feeling, their characteristics are spontaneous, rude, and impolite to be used. These are called swear words.
According to Estrich and Sperber, the satisfactions of people who are angry or disappointed are based on their ability of saying swear words.
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Thus, it is an utterance when people get powerful emotion. It can be insult, annoyance,
surprise, admire etc. there are some explanation from the experts about swear words. One of it is given by Swan.
According to Michael Swan, swear words are a strong language that is expressed by person to their powerful emotion,
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so the expression is about the language used by the person when they get powerful emotion. Generally, the
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Estrich, Robert and Sperber, Hans. Three Keys to language New York: Rinehart and Company Inc, 1952, p.28
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Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. 2
nd
ed New York: Oxford Up, 1995, p. 574
expression is taken from taboo words but with different literal sense. Swear words are divided into several categories as shown below:
B. Strong and Weak Swear Words
