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Department : Teacher education

Program : English
Course Title : ELT 412
Course Code : 1327

Title of the Study : Swear Words in Focus: A Corpus-Based Study on Their Impact in Local Movie “Buybust”
Proponents : Mosquiter, Harold Kim; Dela Cruz, Hazel; Delos Santos, Theory Mae
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Inventory of Established Theories (at least five to six theories related to the current study)

Title of Theory Year Author (s) Published Concept

Ecological Systems 1979 Urie Harvard University Press Swear words, within this framework can
Theory Brenfenbrenne be seen as face-threatening acts that
r challenge social norms and
expectations
Sociocultural Theory 1978 Lev Vygotsky Cambridge University Press Speech acts can be categorized into
various types such as the assertives,
directives, and expressives
Sociolinguistic 1972 Labov, William University of Pennsylvania Press Labov's theory highlights that linguistic
Variation Theory features like pronunciation, vocabulary,
and grammatical structures are not
randomly distributed but correlate with
specific social groups and contexts
Inventory of Research Articles Read (at least 15 to 20 articles related to the current study)

Title of Article Year Author (s) Published Salient/Major Relevant

Findings
Swearing in English: Bad 2019 Beers Fägersten, Kristy Cambridge University Swear words presence in
Language, Purity, and Press daily communication
Power from 1586 to
the Present
The Prodigal Tongue: The 2019 Murphy, Lynne Penguin Books the frequency of swearing in
Love-Hate Relationship movies has increased
Between American and British
English
The Utility and Ubiquity of 2019 Jay, Timothy Perspectives on profanity used in the action
Taboo Words Psychological Science films occur during
heightened moments
The Culture of Trash Talks 2022 Deloy, Exelsis Deo A. International Journal of If these utterances (trash
among DOTA Players: An Research Publications talks/ swearwords) are not
Ethnography present the culture in general
is boring. Add something to
the game to become more
exciting and interesting.
2024 Utami, Kadek Ayu Tata Cahya Journal of Linguistic and Swear words frequently
A Descriptive Analysis of Literature Studies occur in contexts of high
Swear Words Used in 30 (JOLLES) tension or stress to express
frustration.
minutes or less Movie

The power of swearing: 2022 Karyn. Stapleton, Kristy. Beers Lingua 277 Swearing produces effects
What we know and what we Fägersten, Richard. Stephens, that are not observed with
don’t Catherine. Loveday other forms of language use.
Thus, swearing is powerful.
It generates a range of
distinctive outcomes:
physiological, cognitive,
emotional, pain-relieving,
interactional and rhetorical.
The Power of Profanity: The 2022 Lafreniere, Katherine C., et al. Journal of Marketing Swearing can violate norms
Meaning and Impact of Research and thereby offend
Swear Words in Word of consumers. Yet the
Mouth prevalence of swear word use
suggests that an
offensiveness perspective
may not fully capture their
impact in marketing.
Swearing in the Movies: 2024 Catarina Xavier Anglo Saxonica 22 Taboo language has become
Intratextual and a frequent resource for
Extratextual Functions of linguistic characterisation in
Taboo cinema.
Swear Words Used by Jordan 2019 Barli Bram & Puguh Kristanto SKASE Journal of Swearing is a form of
Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Putra Theoretical Linguistics language which is often used
Street Movie by people in daily
conversation.
Beyond Swear Words: A 2024 Indiola, M. C., M. C. Montañez, International Journal of In the context of verbal
Rhetorical Probing of T. Alesna, E. R. . Medina, and L. Language and Literary exchange, the act of
Expletives Used in Filipino T. Cabico. Studies swearing seems to be
Movies generalizedas something that
is bad, inappropriate, and
unusual to utter primarily
because of the nature it
inclines to.
Vulgarism in Action Film 2020 Jericho James S. Natividad The 2nd DLSU The researcher discovered
Extravaganza: A Scrutiny on Undergraduate and that the dominant functions
Philippine Independent Films. Graduate Conference on of vulgarism in conversations
Literary, Cultural, and in Philippine independent
Performance Studies films of the action genre are
(1) as personal insult, (2) as
 general expletive, and as (3)
sexual taboo referent.
The pragmatic dimensions of 2023 Pavesi, Maria, and Maicol Journal of Pragmatics Swearing is exploited to
swearing in films: Searching Formentelli. release strong emotions,
for coherence in dubbing attack the interlocutor's face
strategies and build interpersonal
solidarity, both in
spontaneous interactions and
in film.
Industriya ng “P.I”: 2023 Glo, John Arvin, et al. Advanced Journal of With this, the researchers
Phenomenology Of Cursing Theatre and Film Studies came up with the term “P.I.”
and Bad Mouthing in the (AJTFS) culture (Putang Ina Culture),
Philippine Film and Television defined in this research as the
Industry culture of cursing, bad-
mouthing, swearing, and foul
and abusive language inside
the Philippine film and
television industry.
Translation Procedures And Its 2023 Hidayatullah, Latifah Arrum. Fakultas Adab dan Swear words are still taboo to
Accuracy Of The Swearing Humaniora UIN Syarif be discussed, even though
Words In Spiral (2021) Movie HIdayatullah Jakarta they are often heard in
everyday language
Swear Words in “End of 2024 Sabanti, Mayanti A., Fahria Socius: Jurnal Penelitian Swear words are harsh
Watch” Movie Malabar, and Suleman Bouti. Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial words used by people to
Directed by David express their emotions, such
Ayer (A Socio- as anger, impatience, joy,
Pragmatics Study) despair, and so forth.

AN ANALYSIS OF SWEAR 2023 PUTRI AMANDA, P. U. T. R. I. Diss. Universitas Dehasen When people communicate
WORDS UTTERED Bengkulu each other, they may have
BY THE different opinions from
CHARACTERS IN others. Sometimes, it causes
FRIDAY AFTER dislike, dissatisfaction, or
NEXT MOVIE. anger between the speaker
and the hearer. In this
condition, they tend to speak
swear words. They usually
swear or curse to strengthen
those feelings. They argue
against the use of swearing
words on the grounds that
they are cursing, insulting,
offensive, blasphemous,
obscene, rude, or just
unnecessary.
The translation of 2024 Valdeón, Roberto A. Journal of Pragmatics 224 The contributors to
swearwords: A this special issue
pragmatics analyze the pragmatics
perspective." Journa of swearing in
l of Pragmatics translation by
considering aspects
such as emotional
force, level of
offensiveness, intended
inferences of the
original texts and their
translation, and
perlocutionary force.
F@#$ pain! A mini-review of 2024 Hay, Carlie M., et al. Frontiers in Psychology 15 Swearing, or the use of
 the hypoalgesic effects taboo language, has been
of swearing repeatedly shown to
induce hypoalgesia. While
reliable hypoalgesic
effects have been
observed across studies,
the mechanisms by which
swearing influences pain
and the optimal dosage of
swearing remain poorly
understood.

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Research Question/s Theory Year Author (s) Concept

What are the swearing Sociolinguistic Variation 1972 Labov, William Labov's theory emphasizes how
words found in the movie Theory language variation reflects social
"BuyBust"? stratification, including age,
gender, and cultural background.
In this study, Labov’s framework
will be applied to understand how
the usage and perception of swear
words in "BuyBust" vary among
different demographic groups. The
theory helps explain how certain
social factors influence the
frequency and acceptability of
swear words.
How do these Speech Act theory 1969 Searle, John R. Speech acts can be categorized into
swearing words impact various types such as the
the dialogues of the assertives, directives, and
movie “Buybust”? expressives.

Politeness Theory 1987 Brown, Penelope, and Swear words, within this
Stephen C. Levinson framework can be seen as face-
threatening acts that challenge
 social norms and expectations

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