A Discourse Analysis of Swearing Words in Makassar TCG

Abstract

Swearing is a common practice done by all the speakers of a language, to one extent or another. They have always existed in language and they are always present in our everyday conversation. Therefore, they cannot be ignored. This study is based on a discourse analysis approach. The analysis of this Makassar TCG community is based on the framework of discourse analysis which relies on data recording, data transcription, data selection, and data interpretation. The participants of this study were the Makassar TCG community of various ages. There are 8 community members as participants. The recording was done for 64 minutes. Anderson and Trudgill (2007) emphasized that swearing is an utterance of strong emotions. Findings show that community members of Makassar TCG employed various swearing words in communication.