An Analysis On Swearing Words Used By The Main Characters In The Film Entitled “The Penthouse” (Sociolinguistics Approach)

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Inda Rizky Mawati - C1307043 - Fak. Sastra dan Seni Rupa

This Research Was Conducted To Investigate The Types Of Swearing Words And The Function Of Those Swearing Words Employed By The Main Characters In The Film Entitled The Penthouse. Commonly, Swearing Word Is Used To Express Negative Feeling Such As Anger Or Annoyance. In This Film, The Researcher Found That It Can Also Be Used To Express Positive Feeling Such As Intimacy, Pleasure, Etc. This Research Is A Descriptive Qualitative One Which Takes Purposive Sampling Technique. The Source Of The Data Is Obtained From The Dialogue Script Of The Movie. The Data Are Taken From The Utterances Containing Swearing Words Employed By The Main Characters In The Film Entitled The Penthouse. There Are 33 Dialogues And 77 Data Containing Swearing Words. In Conducting The Research, The Researcher Gains Two Findings. The First Finding Shows That There Are Six Types Of Swearing Word Used By The Main Characters In The Film Entitled The Penthouse. The Types Are Religion, Genitalia, Excretion, Stupidity, Animal, And General. Meanwhile, The Second Finding Is The Swearing Word Functions. There Are Eleven Functions Of Swearing Word. They Are To Express Anger, To Show Annoyance, To Express Surprise, To Show Intimacy, To Show Pleasure, To Mock, To Insult, To Show Dislike, To Deny, To Emphasize, And To Show Regret. This Research Is Expected To Give Benefit For Other Researchers, Especially Those Who Are Interested In Sociolinguistics Approach. They Can Take The Same Topic In Different Aspect Such As Comparing The Use Of Swearing Words Between Men And Women. Hopefully, This Research Can Be A Good Reference For The Students To Enrich Knowledge About Swearing Words.