39 auxiliary swear words because it was not spoken in non-emphatic tone and not
directed to anyone.
[11] Rayna : Who is this?
Susan : Im sorry. I didnt know the police were here. This is my
colleague, detective. The one I fucking told you about. 01:20:51
Susan was shocked because she met Nancy in Budapest see Appendix, p. 61. Nancy was sent to track Susan because CIA could not make any contact with
her. When Susan accidentally met Nancy, Rayna found them. So, Susan tried to make a reason about who Nancy was. Susan told Rayna that Nancy was the
detective that she had talked about. The word fucking was used by Susan only as a way of speaking. It was not directed to insult any of them and it was also uttered
in non-emphatic stress.
B. Motives of Swearing in the Spy Movie
The second research question concerns with the motives of swearing used by the main character, Susan Cooper. Andersson 1985 classifies the motives of
swearing into three types, those are Psychological Motive PM, Social Motive SM, and Linguistic Motive LM as cited in Karjalainen, 2002, p. 26.
The categorization of motives used in this movie is based on the context and the content of the sentences. In fact, almost all of the sentences which contain
swear words are emotive. Therefore, in the classification of swearing motive should consider the prominent motive that is used in the sentences. For instance,
some utterances categorized in psychological motive must have some psychological effect to the person who uses it. A person who has spoken swear
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40 disappointment, frustration, happiness and so on. Thus, there should be no other
motives which take part in it. On the other hand, swearing which uses social or linguistic motive must
have its own strong reason. People who use swear words for social motive must have social impulsion or the influence of social maintenance. The social motive in
swearing used to strengthen group identity, show intimacy in friendship, and also show hatred and social distance toward others. The occurrence of linguistic
motive depends on the linguistic effect. Those who use linguistic motive are emphasizing their speech or only for a way of speaking. Therefore, the context is
playing apart in interpreting the categorization of swearing motives uttered in the movie.
1. Psychological Motive
The first motive categorization found in the Spy movie is the psychological motive. Psychological motive deals
with someone’s psychological effect in swearing. Andersson 1985 points out that dealing with unexpected
event, shock, and immediate emotion, some people will give following reaction beneath the anger and frustration feeling by swearing as cited in Karjalainen,
2002. Swearing which encouraged by psychological motive can release stress and express someone’s emotion such as, frustration, anger, joy and surprise. There are
some examples of psychological motives presented below.
[12] Ford : This shits the real deal, life and death. This, the field... is a hell
of a lot different than sitting behind your fucking monitor... googling shit.
Susan : Stay away from me, Ford. And do not let De Luca see you. And by the way, I can see your gun sticking out of your back pocket.
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Unless youre so extreme that youve got a second dick... coming out of your hip
00:57:50 This conversation happened when Ford and Susan met in the event which
attended by Rayna and Deluca see Appendix, p. 56. Ford got angry with Susan because he thought that Susan was following him and she would ruin the mission.
Ford did not trust Susan to take Rayna and Deluca down because Susan was only working in the CIA
’s office and did not being trained to be the field agent. Hence, Susan got angry and insulted Ford for being clumsy following the enemies who
suspected Ford and tried to kill him instead of trusting Susan to do the mission. Besides, Ford carried a gun which came up from his pant and Susan insulted Ford
by using the word dick to show her anger towards his attitude. If other people suspected it, Ford could not give a logical reason for something that coming up
from his pants. The word dick is categorized as psychological motive because it expresses Susan’s anger feeling toward Ford.
[13] Ford : I watched the couple that raised me explode in a van. I watched
the woman I love get tossed from a plane... and hit by another plane, midair. I dr
ove a car off a freeway... on top of train… while I was on fire. I was on fire. Not the car. I was on fire.
Susan : Jesus, youre intense.
00:38:36 In this conversation, Ford told Susan about what he had done as a spy see
Appendix, p. 55. He elaborated some actions that he did to show how capable he was. This behavior was aimed to compare between the real spy and Susan who
was only CIA’s office lady. For that reason, Susan was amazed towards all of
Ford’s extreme actions. The word Jesus belongs to psychological motive because it shows
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