AN ANALYSIS OF SWEAR WORDS IN SCARFACE MOVIE

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the types of swear words used in the film Scarface and also find out the function swear words are generally known as bad words, and in this study the author wants to show that swear words are not just bad words, it depends on the context and who uses swear words and to whom they use them. The author uses the theory of Andersson and Trudgill (in Lindahl, 2008:4). To analyze the types of swear words, the types are divided into four types: (1) Expletive, (2) Abusive, (3) Humorous, and (4) Auxiliary. The method used in this study is qualitative which was put forward by Parahoo (1997:59). The data of this study were collected just from the film Scarface.The analysis carried out by the writer is to obtain 50 data, Expletive 7 data, abuse 32 data, Humorous 6 data, Auxiliary 5 data. The writer is based on the same data for each type and function. The 51 data are presented in tabular form and then analyzed theoretically. To find out this function, the author uses the theory of Ljung (2011) who states in his book Swearing in Cross-Cultural Linguistic Studies, that there are two main functions of swearing. The functions are stand-alone and slot fillers. Stand-alone consists of their categories, namely: Expletive interjection, Curse, and Unfriendly Suggestion. The slot-filler function is classified into their categories, adverbal or adjective intensifier, the adjective of dislikes, and anaphoric epithet. For the data of function, there are 27 data classified as the Stand-Alone and 23 data for Slot Filler function.