A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Swearing Uttered by the Main Characters: Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction Movie - Softcover

Arifin, Hairil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 6202077719 ISBN 13: 9786202077712

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

This research aims to (1) find out the types of swearing uttered by the main characters in Pulp Fiction movie, and to (2) observe the reasons for swearing uttered by the main characters in Pulp Fiction movie. In order to analyze swearwords which emerge within the movie, sociolinguistic approach is employed by the researcher. This research used descriptive qualitative method in order to describe the findings of swearing phenomena and the discussion deeply. Moreover, quantitative method was also employed to support the interpretation of the data by displaying fixed percentages in numerical form. The data were in the form of utterances uttered by the two main characters, Vincent Vega and Butch Coolidge, while the contexts of the data were the dialogues between them which contain swearwords. The sources of data were the transcripts of each scene which involve the main characters in it. The data were collected and analyzed by categorizing the utterances which contain swearwords based on the objectives of the research and matching the transcripts within the movie carefully.

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About the Author

Hairil Arifin has obtained his degree in Yogyakarta State University in 2017. He has interest in learning about linguistics phenomena particularly sociolinguistics. This book is based on his thesis, which becomes one of his works in the university.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 6202077719
• ISBN 13: 9786202077712
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 72