A Discourse Analysis of English Swear Words Used in American Movies

Sukmaningrum, Rahma and Hawa, Faiza (2022) A Discourse Analysis of English Swear Words Used in American Movies. ETERNAL, 12 (02). pp. 149-166. ISSN 2614-1639

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is aimed at giving a description of how English swear words, particularly in American movies, are used. The writers collect the common English swear words in American movies as the data. There are nine categories of English swear words. They are (1) sexuality, (2) eject and material from body, (3) family matters, (4) part of body, (5) blasphemy, (6) animal, (7) xenophobia, (8) low or bad personality, and (9) low status and profession. Among those categories, the most used terms are the English swear words from sexuality, eject and material from body, part of body and family matters. Considering the context of utterance, English swear words have four functions. They are; (1) as an abbreviation and short-hand of speaker’s distress, (2) as a means to insult or degrade someone, (3) as a means to achieve peer acceptance, and (4) as a means to stress the speaker’s utterance

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	paper publication
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	dosen upgris semarang
Date Deposited:	11 Apr 2023 02:03
Last Modified:	11 Apr 2023 02:03
URI:	http://eprints.upgris.ac.id/id/eprint/1350

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