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
43 Mike
:
“Get your grown-ass self together and let’s do
this. ”
00.59.20-00.59.27 The short dialogue above is about Mike who reminds Marcus about what
he has just said before, “Mike, I’m a grown-ass man”. Mike uses the term “grown-
ass self ” as well to respond his partner. Grown-ass self here acts as descriptive
utterance since it describes the word “self” which refers to their age. Here, Mike
intends to say that they are supposed to act maturely. That utterance acts as expletive slot filler in the use of intensifying adjective since it contains grown-ass
as adjectival intensifier for the word “self”. 20 Mike
:
“That shit’s nasty. That’s nasty.”
Marcus :
“Get it off Get.” Mike
:
“That shit is nasty.”
01.26.12-01.26.15
The dialogue above is about an event when Mike and Marcus are in the mission of chasing the people of the drugs dealer who brings the dead bodies with
the drugs and money hidden in them. Those dead bodies are used to attack Mike’s
car. The utterance “This shit is nasty” expresses that they are disgusted by the
dead bodies falling down on to their car. The phrase “This shit” belongs to
descriptive act. It describes how disgusting the bodies are. Hence, Mike prefers to use the word
“shit” rather than “dead bodies” to emphasize his feeling that what he sees is disgusting dead bodies thrown out from the truck. It is in the same line
with Ljung 2011 who states that emphasizer can be found as an infix in a phrase. In that phrase, “shit” is performed as the infix.
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2. Swear Words Uttered Idiomatically
The next part is idiomatic swearing. It clearly suggests that there is idiom in the use of taboo words of swear words. There are some examples of swear
words uttered idiomatically. The examples present the functions as interjection and emphasizer as taking from Ljung’s theory.
21 Marcus :
“You know, unlike you, my daddy didn’t leave me no trust fund. I got real-world shit to deal with,
Mike. ”
Mike :
“I’m not in it for the thrills, same old shit, different day. All right, yes, damn. I shot you,
all right? But you’d be seeing nothing at all if I
hadn’t made my move. So I don’t know why you acting so angry.
” 00.11.22-00.11.45
That conversation takes place when Mike is forced to confess that he hits Marcus accidentally. Marcus keeps bubbling to express his anger at Mike. For
many times, Mike has explained that it could happen because he shoots many times and does not know what thing his bullet passed before hitting the target,
including Marcus’s butt. Finally, Mike gets frustrated because he keeps hearing Marcus’s nagging. “Same old shit” refers to the same “shit” thing that they
actually had in the past. They had experienced the same moments but in different time. It shows the frustration that Mike feels because Marcus keeps blaming him.
In this case, the swear words uttered has the function as emphasizer. Mike could use another word which really refers to its literal meaning. However, he uses it to
emphasize the noun to express his feeling since he says it in the situation where Marcus are bubbling at him.
