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c Linguistic Motives
In speaking, people may have their own linguistic style which usually appears differently if it is compared with another utterance spoken by the others.
People have variety ways of speaking and expressing themselves by using different words and grammatical structures as long as the intents or the goals of
the communication with others are well achieved. That case could be applied when people are swearing. People have their own style of swearing that might be
different with another. People might feel that swearwords are totally unacceptable and should be banned from language, they might feel that swearwords are
acceptable in certain situations, or some might even argue that swearwords are acceptable in all situations. One may say “What a very nice picture” and he or
she may also say “What a fucking nice picture”. In this case, swear words are just as good and usable words as any others. They seem to appear as pure motives on
linguistic subjects or to give emphasize on what people try to communicate. Indeed, linguistic motives can also show someone’s way of speaking in daily life.
2.2 Theoretical Framework
This section consists of summarization about the main theories which will be the basis for answering the research problems. As has been stated in the
previous chapter, there are two research problems arise related in the phenomenon of swearing uttered by the main character, Jack, in “Borderlands: The Pre-
Sequel”. The first one is about the types of swearing, and the second one is the motives of swearing.
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To help answering the first problem, the researcher uses Andersson and Trudgill’s 1990, p. 36-37 theory about the type of swearing. They categorize
swearing into four types: Expletive Swearing, Abusive Swearing, Humorous Swearing, Auxiliary Swearing This theory will be used to support the discussion
of this research about the preferred types of swearing which are uttered by Jack. The second problem is about the motives of swearing. In order to find out
the motives, the researcher uses the category of swearing theory by Andersson 1985, as cited in Karjalainen 2002, p. 24: Psychological motive, Social motive,
Linguistic motive. This theory will be used to give further explanation about the things which motivated Jack in swearing. This theory will help the researcher in
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of six parts. The first one is the description of the research method that is used in this study. The second part is the research setting;
it is used to inform when the study is conducted. The third is data source of the research. The fourth provides the description of research instrument and the data
gathering techniques. The fifth contains the steps of data analysis technique. The last part is the research procedure which summarizes the steps in conducting the
study.
3.1 Research Method
This research is qualitative research. In qualitative research, the focus is on understanding the social phenomena from the perspective of the human
participants in the study Ary, Jacobs Razavieh, 2002, p. 22. It enables researchers to study human behavior in an indirect way through an analysis of
their communication. However, in conducting qualitative research, there are some methods that can be used; case study, content analysis, discourse analysis. In this
study, the researcher used content analysis since the researcher employed the transcript as a document or recorded material. Fraenkel and Wallen 2012, p. 478
state that content analysis is a technique that enables the researcher to study human behavior in an indirect way through an analysis of their communication.
Content analysis focuses on analyzing and interpreting recorded material to learn about human behavior. The material may be public records, textbook, essays,
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