40 up
” he utteres every time he feels on edge. In other words, it is uttered habitually by Mike.
16 Mike
: “Fuck”
02.16.34-02.16.35
This short monologue takes place the scene when Mike is failed to shoot Johnny Tapia. They are in America Military area in Cuba and having gun
shooting. “Fuck” is still considered epithet since it is uttered spontaneously to
respond what Mike did. It is still Mike’s habit in responding something he heard
or saw.
6. Insult and Slur
The sixth kind of swear words in Bad Boys II movie is insult and slur. Jay 1992 states that insult and slur are verbal attacks or the words to harm other
people by the words alone. He also adds that they both function to hurt the person directly through the particular words or phrases. There are some examples below
considered insult and slur: 17
Mike :
“Hey, nigga. Who that is at the door?”
Marcus :
“It’s Reggie.” 01.35.48-01.35.50
The dialogue above is about a boy who wants to take Marcus’s daughter
out for dating. Mike and Marcus fear him to make sure that he would not hurt the daughter. The word
“nigga” is racial naming for black people. Therefore, this word belongs to slur.
Meanwhile, “Shit, nigga. You at least 30, Motherfucker You can’t fight. Look at you and Nigga, you a big, tall, Ludarcris-looking
41 motherfucker, ain’t you?” because they mean to say physical qualities of the
speaker’s target, Reggie. It can be seen in the dialogue below: 18
Marcus : “They call him….” Mike
: “I got out of jail. I ain’t going back. I ain’t going
back. What’s wrong with you” You’re scared? You
ain’t seen a gun before?” Marcus :
“Stop pointing the gun at the boy.” Mike
: “Look Don’t you disrespect me in front of
company? Let the gun go off. Nigga, you a big, tall, Ludarcris-looking motherfucker
, ain’t you? You rap?
” 01.36.07-01.36.11
Besides, “nigga” is a racial slur in those sentences. It is matched with Jay’s theory that slur may be racial, ethnic, or social in nature and indicate the
stereotyping or prejudice of the speaker, meanwhile, insults may denote the physical, mental, or psychological qualities of the target and are commonly heard
on the school playground.
7. Scatology
The last kind of swear words in Bad Boy II movie is scatology. Here is an example of scatology:
19 Vargas
: “Yo, now you crossed the line, man. Okay, no,
that’s not funny.” Mike
: “We’re fucking with you. We planted wires, we
need some help. No bullshit.
” 01.09.30-01.09.38
This conversation takes place when Mike, Marcus and their two friends, Vargas and Reyes, are in small chatting. Vargas and Reyes start jokes at Mike and
Marcus. However, Marcus takes it seriously and then uses sarcasm to offend PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
42 them. Mike tries to cool down the situation and asks them to help him arresting
the drug dealer. The word “bullshit” here refers to the bull’s excrement.
Therefore, it belongs to scatology since it is a waste process of living creature. It is in a line with Jay who states that scatological terms refer to human waste
products and processes. He also adds that scatology is the study of obscene matters particularly using excrement to swear at somebody else.
B. The Ways Mike Lawrey Expresses the Swear Words in Bad Boys II
Movie
In discussing the second research question, the researcher uses the theory from Pinker 1992 to classify the way Mike utters the swear words in order to
find the emotive function of the utterances. By using Pinker’s typology, the researcher tries to show the relevance to the context of the utterances.
1. The Swear Words Uttered Descriptively
In this part, the utterances contain descriptive swear words. Descriptive means that the utterances refer to their literal meaning. As Jay 1992 states also,
the descriptive category is used to indicate how speakers describes connotatively or denotatively the objects and events around the camp. The use of taboo words in
the context of uttering swear words is computed from the lexical meaning automatically Giora, 1997. There are some examples which shows the sense of
descriptive swearing. The examples present the swear words with their own literal meaning.
19 Marcus :
“Mike, I’m a grown-ass man.” PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
