![]() There are 116 swear words uttered by the characters. The writer used descriptive-quantitative approach in doing this research. ![]() by theory of Discourse written by Guy Cook (1994) Speech Acts theory written by Brown and Yule (1984) the theory of Locution, Illocution and Perlocution written by Austin and Searle (1970) to understand the purpose and the last is the theory swear words written by Huges (1991). The writer used theory of Pragmatic written by George Yule (1996). Generally, swear words are words which were "not only considered inappropriate for certain context, but also forbidden in most communicative events" (Trudgill, 1974:29-31) however, regardless the fact that swear words were condemned to use, their presence was undeniable, and it did, exist in our community. ![]()
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