PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SWEARING UTTERED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER OF BORDERLANDS: THE PRE-SEQUEL! A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Gregorius Gyan Puruhito Student Number: 111214144 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2016 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “Keep your mind wide open.” -Leslie Burke- “Follow your HEART! And STUFF! -Jack Body Double- This thesis is dedicated to Stephanus Sunaryo, Endang Rijanur Harjanti, my siblings, and myself. iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT Puruhito, Gregorius Gyan. (2016). Swearing Uttered by the Main Character of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!. Yogyakarta: English Language Education Study Program, Department of Language and Arts, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University. Swearing is considered as a means of communication. Some people use swear words in their utterances to convey certain intentions. However, people would likely to use different swearing expressions when they are possessed by different emotional states. This phenomenon of swearing could happen in many different situations in society. In this research, the researcher intends to analyze the swearing which are uttered by the main character of a video game called “Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!”. The abundance of swearing uttered by the main character, Jack, throughout the story of the video game triggered the researcher to analyze them in order to find the types of swearing and also the motives behind the swearing expressions. The analysis of swearing expressions is highly contextual so that some expert theories will be employed in this research to support the analysis process. Additionally, concept of taboo, taboo words, and swear words will also be explained in this research since swearing is rooted from those concepts. This research applied content analysis approach in order to ease the researcher to conduct this research. To find the answer, the researcher sorts the transcription of the conversation between characters which occurred in the game. The researcher only focused on analyzing the main character’s utterances which is resulting in the elimination of the conversation which did not contain the main characters’ swearing expressions. The researcher then categorized the types of swearing and motives for swearing based on the related theories. Based on the data of the research, the researcher found that in Jack’s utterances, there are four different types of swearing expressions. Among those types, Abusive Type is mostly uttered by him. He enjoys insulting other people or things by using swearing expressions. The researcher also found three different motives for swearing. Among those motives, Jack is mostly triggered to swear by Psychological Motive. It is because Jack is confronted by a lot of frustrating conditions. Keywords: Swearing, swear words, taboo words, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK Puruhito, Gregorius Gyan. (2016). Swearing Uttered by the Main Character of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!. Yogyakarta: English Language Education Study Program, Department of Language and Arts, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University. Mengumpat dianggap sebagai salah satu cara untuk berkomunikasi. Beberapa orang akan menggunakan kata-kata umpatan di dalam perkataan mereka untuk menyampaikan maksud-maksud tertentu. Meski demikian, orang- orang cenderung akan menggunakan ungkapan umpatan yang berbeda-beda ketika mereka berada di dalam keadaan emosional yang berbeda pula. Fenomena umpatan dapat terjadi di situasi yang berbeda di dalam masyarakat. Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti bermaksud untuk menanalisis umpatan yang diucapkan oleh karakter utama pada game berjudul “Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!”. Banyaknya umpatan yang diucapkan oleh karakter utama, Jack, sepanjang cerita dari permainan tersebut memicu peneliti untuk menganalisis umpatan tersebut dengan tujuan untuk dapat menemukan tipe umpatan dan motivasi di balik ungkapan umpatan tersebut. Menganalisis ungkapan umpatan sangatlah kontekstual. Maka teori dari beberapa ahli akan digunakan dalam penelitian ini guna mendukung proses analisa. Sebagai tambahan, konsep tentang tabu, kata-kata tabu, dan kata-kata umpatan juga akan dibahas dalam penelitian ini karena konsep umpatan sendiri berakar dari konsep-konsep tersebut. Penelitian ini menerapkan pendekatan analisis konten yang bertujuan untuk memudahkan peneliti untuk melaksanakan penelitian. Untuk menemukan jawaban, peneliti menyortir transkripi dari percakapan yang terjadi antara para karakter di dalam game. Peneliti hanya akan fokus pada analisis dari perkataan karakter utama. Hal ini mengakibatkan pada penghilangan perkatan-perkataan yang tidak mengandung ungkapan umpatan karakter utama. Kemudian peneliti mengkategorikan tipe-tipe umpatan dan motivasi untuk mengumpat berdasarkan teori-teori yang bersangkutan. Berdasarkan data dari penelitian ini, peneliti menemukan bahwa pada perkataan Jack terdapat empat tipe ungkapan umpatan yang berbeda. Diantara umpatan tersebut, Abusive Type adalah tipe yang paling sering diucapkan. Dia senang menghina orang atau benda lain dengan menggunakan umpatan. Peneliti juga menemukan tiga jenis motif yang berbeda dalam mengumpat. Diantara motif tersebut, Jack lebih banyak terpicu oleh Psychological Motive. Hal ini dikarenakan Jack banyak menghadapi situasi yang membuat dia frustrasi. Kata Kunci: Swearing, swear words, taboo words, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My first and greatest gratitude goes to Jesus Christ and Mother Mary for their remarkable blessings during the process of completing this thesis. They have given me strength, protection, and motivation so that finally I can finish this thesis. I would like to thank my advisor, Drs. Concilianus Laos Mbato, M.A., Ed.D., for his guidance, time, and suggestion until the final process of writing this thesis. I would like to give many thanks for my academic advisor, Yuseva Ariyani Iswandari, S.Pd., M.Ed., for being my generous mother started from the first semester until the end. I thank her for being the advisor of my learning progress during my study. I would also like to express my gratitude to all lecturers of the English Language Education Study Program who shared the knowledge and gave me the warm smiles during my learning process in Sanata Dharma. This thesis would not have been done without my parents, Stephanus Sunaryo and Endang Riyanur Harjanti. I thank them for all the great advices, love, prayer, reinforcement and financial support in this long, steep, and winding road. I am also grateful for having Rhymondus Rhisang Galih Gumantyo, Heronimus Rhyan Hanurraga and Joanita Anting Sasotya in my life. They have given me support and motivation during the completion of my thesis. I would also take this opportunity to express my gratitude to my friends, brothers, and rivals, Adityo Prawinanto, Muhammad Aditya Setyawan, Gilang ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Panji Sadewo, Yosua Adi Wicaksana, Muhammad Eka Amperawan, Alexander Pramudya, Fa’adilah Malik Akbar, Leonardus Indramarwan, and Pascalis Sadewa Setyanta. I thank them for the awesome and ridiculous moments that we had together. These guys have helped me to understand the true meaning of friendship. I would also thank all of my cats at my home. I thank them for their presence and cuteness which can give serenity and peacefulness to me during the completion of my thesis. Finally, I give my deepest gratitude to Tamara Gita Megani. I thank her for being the most significant part of my life. She has given me her precious time and her wonderful love. Thanks for all the supports, surprises, and the crazy times we shared. Thanks for your willingness so that we could keep writing this life story of us together. Then, I would not forget anyone who had supported the completion of my thesis that I cannot mention. May His blessings always be with them. Gregorius Gyan Puruhito x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ......................................................................................................... i APPROVAL PAGE .............................................................................................. ii DEDICATION PAGE .......................................................................................... iv STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY ................................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI ................................ vi ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... vii ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................ viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... xi LIST OF TABLE ............................................................................................... xiv