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A Study of swear words used by all characters in the movie The Nutty Professor

People always associate swear word with a bad or taboo word, which should not
be used in the talks. However, there are some group consider that swear word can
be used to express feeling and reduce tension when somebody is angry. The writer
uses comedian movie entitled "The Nutty Professor" as the source of data in her
research. The writer is interested to find out the purpose of the characters in the
movie, when they are using swear words. The writer uses theories of swear words
classification and theory principal purposes in using swear words. The writer used
descriptive quantitative approach in doing the research. From the analysis, the
writer finds out that the anatomical term is the most frequent swear word
classification that is used by the characters in the movie. Second, the writer finds
out that the most frequent of principal purposes that is used by the character is to
insult. As conclusion, swear word is not always used s bad word, but it can be
used as identification or others. There are many purposes for somebody in using
swears word and it depends on the situation, when the dialog happens.

Creator(s)
  • (11402012) SILVIA COKRO JAPUTRI
Contributor(s)
  • Julia Eka Rini → Advisor 1
  • Lisa Setiawati Nugraha → Examination Committee 1
Publisher
Universitas Kristen Petra; 2006
Language
English
Category
s1 – Undergraduate Thesis
Sub Category
Skripsi/Undergraduate Thesis
Source
Undergraduate Thesis No. 02011573/ING/2006; Silvia Cokro Japutri (11402012)
Subject(s)
  • SWEAR WORDS
  • ENGLISH LANGUAGE-SOCIAL ASPECTS
  • SOCIOLINGUISTICS
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