Taboo words in Patriots Day Movie (2013)

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Sugiarti, Arum (2020) Taboo words in Patriots Day Movie (2013). Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel SUrabaya.

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Abstract

This thesis aims at analyzing taboo words in the Patriots Day Movie. This movie tells about the Boston Marathon Bombing, which shows the occurrence of taboo words phenomenon in the American Police department. There are three problems to be solved in this research, namely: (1) what types of taboo words are used in "Patriots Day Movie"; (2) what functions of taboo words are used in "Patriots Day Movie" and (3) what relationships between the use of taboo words and social class in society as portrayed in "Patriots Day Movie." This research uses a qualitative approach concerning a clear and systematic description of the phenomena being studied. Descriptive qualitative is used to analyze the words, sentences, discourse, picture or photograph, maintain the condition, and the situation of the data. The data were collected by first transcribing "Patriots Day Movie." The transcription was then analyzed by identifying the types of taboo words and giving suitable codes in the utterance contain taboo words. The analysis was continued by identifying the functions of taboo words that were applied by characters in the movie. Finally, taboo words were identified by looking at the speaker's social class or characters that use taboo words in their conversation.This research found that taboo words (epithet, obscenity, profanity, and vulgarity) occur in the movie. However, the characters are often using obscenity in their conversation. These obscenity words are often spoken by characters to stress something in an utterance. The five functions of taboo words (to be catharsis, to show power, to show contempt, be humorous, to draw attention), and two more functions that have not been mentioned either by Ningjue or Wardaugh (to show surprise, to threaten someone) are applied in the movie. To be catharsis is the highest function of taboo words that occur in the movie. The use of to be catharsis does not mean to hurt other people but to make their self-relieve of some pains, and they can think to solve their problem. Furthermore, the characters in the same class tend to use taboo words. When the speaker and the hearer are in similar social class, and there is a little social distance between them, the speaker may choose the informal language and used the 'casual' and 'intimate' styles as the regular mark of solidarity (Allan and Burridge, 2006, p. 139). These styles are marked by contractions, ellipsis, diminutives, colloquialisms, and perhaps slang and swearing.