Final Navarro Delos Santos Tililing

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DALUBHASAAN NG LUNGSOD NG LUCENA
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
There are words that are considered inappropriate and that people use to express
their feelings such as anger, loneliness and disappointment that are known as swear
words. People considered that swear words are bad or dirty terms, which is inappropriate
and should not be used in conversation. Swear words gradually creep into our
vocabulary without knowing until they become a natural response in a range of
circumstances. Using swear words is common in society, yet the impact of such
language choices on other people's perceptions is poorly understood (DeFrank 2018).
According to Finn (2017), understanding why people swear is important for
students in order to better understand the context and respond appropriately. People do
not use swear words to insult, hurt and put someone’s down but can be used for a variety
of positive causes and purposes. However, nowadays, swearing appears to be
increasingly acceptable and widespread in our society.
Swearing can give the image of a negative attitude or immaturity, as well as
signify a lack of control. It happens when people are experiencing a strong emotion or
when people desire to achieve a certain purpose by swearing.
Using foul language creates problems if people do not understand the meaning and
functions why people are uttering these words.

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According to Tuttle (2018), when movies utilize foul words, they risk alienating
viewers who might otherwise see the film; this is especially true of comedies and real
life situations. Hence, the researchers chose “Tililing”, another blockbuster movie from a
beginner director Daryl Yap and all the great casts of VinCentiments where intense
swear words and scenes are used in the movie employed by the characters.
Therefore, the researchers analyzed the swear words in one of the underrated
films of VinCentiments in 2021, Tililing, in relation to the theoretical framework, Steven
Pinker’s (2007) functions of swearing.
Background of the Study
Swearing in the media has become more common than ever before, and this
normalcy has become a public concern because people are concerned that swearing can
lead to moral deterioration. Since the early nineteenth century, this language has been
more common and loud than at any other time up to now (Nunberg 2012).
Day (2018) stated that swear words are all throughout media – television, social
media and music in recent years. These words seem to be inevitable. Swear words can
now be found almost anywhere on the internet and are unfiltered, making these words
lose their head-turning value. In the movies that people watch every day, people usually
hear swear words employed by the characters.
Tililing is claimed by its director Daryl Yap as “genre-bending movie of the year”
starring Baron Geisler, Gina Pareño, Chad Kinis, Donnalyn Bartolome, Candy
Pangilinan, and Yumi Lacsamana, follows three interns, Maricel (Pangilinan), Espie

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(Bartolome), and Jessa (Lacsamana), who are assigned to an asylum. Interns
encountered three patients there: Socorro (Pareño), a comfort woman; Peter (Geisler),
an orphan; and Bernie (Chad Kinis), an arsonist, all of whom had heartbreaking stories
to tell. Together, attempting to escape before the patients kill the interns.
The main characters used swear word variations, which is a beneficial factor for
the researchers to obtain data from the movie. The fact that the “Tililing” movie
contains bad language, which triggered a lot of critiques for the explicit swearing
displayed, did not stop “Tililing '' and many more movies of VinCentiments in the
continuous successions of their movies.
Tililing was ranked number two in Vivamax films by Popularity Ascending in
2021, and ranked number four in this year 2022. We The Pvblic snagged an interview
with the phenomenon to talk more about VinCentiments, its humble beginnings and the
secrets of filmmaking success. The interviewee started with the question about what is
the top secret of VinCentiments’ successful films. The question was answered directly
by the director and says; their films are true to life situations, no one funds them so
therefore they are not tied. Daryl Yap also added that they cannot be tamed and can
handle “bastos”, their films are raw, uncensored and hard-hitting.
VinCentiments has become a legitimate hit among people due to its daring and
funny take on all-too-relatable themes of their works. This is mainly due to the genius of
its screenplays, which were written by director Darryl Yap. VinCentiments films are
rated SPG (clearly not for children) and the fact that all of the characters swear and use
offensive language, still the majority of the viewers are from minors. Also, despite the
fact that this film contained filthy and lewd content, nevertheless still entertaining and
appealing to viewers.
By exploring “Tililing” movie scripts as the object of the study, the current
researchers attempted to identify various aspects related to the use of offensive language,

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which is swearing. The main reason for choosing this film was because the characters
utilized a lot of intense swear words in the characters’ interactions. VinCentiments is hot
trending and popular nowadays whether they release a film or just a short clip of series.
Moreover, Daryl Yap is part of the modern Philippine film industry as part as well
of the new generation to create such films that became popular quickly. In addition,
VinCentiments has a large circle of influence on all social media platforms such as
facebook, instagram and youtube, which are beneficial to researchers in obtaining datas.
Another reason was that Tililing is the first film of VinCentiments that deals
with mental illness, in exaggerated depictions of persons with tililing – meaning people
thought 'crazy,' and was blasted by famous celebrities, the Twitterverse, and even media
publications Pereña (2021).
Furthermore, the intriguing film immediately attracted the interest of viewers, as
the trailer received over one million views in less than 24 hours after being shared on
VinCentiments’ official Facebook page on Wednesday, February 10th, amid controversy
the film has faced over its poster. A lot of backlashes and criticisms appeared in the
comment sections about the depiction of the posted poster in all VinCentiments’ social
media platforms.
The opposition claims that it portrays people with mental illnesses as outright
lunatics, but Yap is adamant about the art of the film, as Yap has been in the past when
faced with controversy (Lasin 2021). When accused of disrespecting persons with
mental illnesses, the up-and-coming filmmaker took no offense and instead told its
critics that the poster would surprise viewers.

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Objectives of the Study
This study is sought to:
1. Identify the swear words used by the main characters found in the movie “Tililing”.
2. Determine the functions of swearing uttered by the main character found in the
movie “Tililing” in terms of:
a) Dysphemistic swearing
b) Abusive swearing
c) Idiomatic swearing
d) Emphatic swearing
e) Cathartic swearing
3. Identify the motives or intentions of swearing uttered by the main characters.
4. To know the opinions of viewers regarding the use of swearing and swear words in
VinCentiments’ movie Tililing.
Significance of the Research
This research is expected to give knowledge about swearing to the readers in
general and increase their awareness that swearing does not only exist in real life daily
conversation but also has its functions and motives or intentions, in order to understand
the use of offensive language.

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As a result of performing this research, the findings provide readers with an
overview of swearing in motion pictures, which is said to be contentious in the country.
In addition, audiences of the right age are asked to view the film not only from an
artistic perspective, but also from a cultural and linguistic perspective.
To MTRCB – Although the Philippine Film Industry’s censorship board has continued
to allow "Tililing" and other VinCentiments’ films, this does not necessarily imply
that these are completely accepted in the field due to their censored themes or
notions. The MTRCB (Movie and Television Review and Classification Board)
is a quasi-judicial governmental organization under the Office of the President
responsible for reviewing and classifying television shows, films and promotional
materials. It has been institutionalized as a tool for censorship. This research can
serve as a basis and guide for the MTRCB to rank more films and limit audience
age when watching extremely censored films.
Filmmakers and Future Media Practitioners – Cursing appear to be increasingly
acceptable and widespread in our society. Therefore, this study is to raise
filmmakers' awareness as well as the Future Media Practitioners of specific
expressions in their regular contents that may be offensive or unpleasant to others in
viewing language censored films. The filmmakers and future media practitioners
will get new understanding about swear words as a result of this study,
particularly regarding the functions and motives of swearing. Furthermore,
filmmakers and future media practitioners must be aware of the responsibility in
selecting appropriate content for the appropriate audience.

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DLL Students – The research findings are useful in academic settings because it
provides a practical model for applying theory on swearing as a linguistic
phenomenon in terms of language propriety in terms of swearing functions. To be more
specific, the three objectives results provide information about swear words used by
the main characters in the movie, while the last objective's results provide a code for
analyzing swearing opinions. Furthermore, the results show how content analysis
and thematic analysis can be used to investigate swearing as a taboo language act.
Future Researchers – The research findings are beneficial in university contexts
because it provides a practical model of the application of theory on swearing to propriety
of language in terms of functions and motives. The findings also show how the content
analysis is utilized as an approach to investigate swearing as a bad
related to language. The future researchers who are interested in
words can gather information about swearing from this research and can be used as a
valuable reference in investigating the same subject. The future researchers can also
compare this study with their study in analyzing swear words.
Scope and Limitations
This study is to focus on determining the functions of swearing, motives or
intentions of swearing and viewers’s opinion about swearing in the movie “Tililing” of
VinCentiments directed by Daryl Yap.

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This study is limited only to Dalubhasaan ng Lungsod ng Lucena English Major
Students during the Academic Year 2021-2022, starting in the first semester of
September 2021, until the end of the semester. Due to global pandemic, this study is
analyzed and the information needed are gathered using mainly the internet.
The researchers evaluated the frequency of usage of the swear words found in the
movie, based on the functions of swearing and the motives or intentions were discussed
using the result of the percentage. Six (6) participants ranging from 18 to 25 years old
from English Major Students were the subject of this study for Focus Group Discussion.
Definition of Terms
Dysphemism or dysphemistic – It is replacing a pleasant or harmless expression with
an unpleasant, insulting or offensive expression. In this study, dysphemism or
dysphemistic is used when the characters uttered swear words that does not
aimed at a certain person rather meant to describe a certain state or subject matter.
Abusive – Abusive is commonly defined as engaging in by cruelty and violence or
exteremely insulting and offensive. In this study, abusive is utilized when the
characters uttered swearing that aimed to offend or attack a person directly that
really meant what they said.
Idiomatic – It contains or denotes expressions that sounds natural to a native speaker. In
this study, Idiomatic expression is used when the characters uttered swear words

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that does not aimed to offend someone or describe a certain state but rather to
express and grab listener’s attention to communicate in an informal setting.
Emphatic – Emphatic is defined on how people uttered words with strong emphasis or
expressing something powerfully and clearly. On the other hand, in this study,
emphatic is utilized when the characters in the movie uttered words which
emphasizing swear words that gives extra pressure in their statements.
Cathartic – It is releasing one’s strong emotions from the effect of a particular activity
or experience that provides relief from anger or physical pain. In this study,
cathartic is used when characters uttered swear words that response to misfortune,
trouble or pain. It is a kind of swearing that intended to give attention in
considering being worth paying attention to.
Bad Language – There are numbers of different classification for "bad language" from
a linguistic perspective, which is always evolving in all languages. Bad language
is the theme of this study to fully comprehend swear words or utterances
produced in the movie. On the other hand, in this study, bad language serves as
how the swear words employed to show off its function and intention, which is
the root objective of the study.
Cursing – Cursing is the use of words or phrases that deal with divine power to cause
harm to others. It can also be defined as a wish for bad luck, evil, calamity, or
other misfortunes to strike a person, group, or other entity.

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Insults – It is commonly defined as a verbal attack that occurs when someone taunts and
abuses another person. In this study, insults are expresses by the characters’
contempt for others. When someone insult others, people might call them a slut
(pokpok) or a bastard (bobo) which is shown in the results and discussion.
Taboo –Taboo is forbidden usually against an utterances or behavior of a person.
Taboos are explicity banned by norm or religion. It is also about discussing sexual
practices in public, including some offensive topics like mental illness and
death. In this study, taboo is used on how people with mental illness uttered and
dealt with offensive language.
Obscenity – Words that are considered obscene are the most offensive. The usage of
sex- related terms, especially private human body parts, is characterized as
obscenity. In this study, obscenity is used that includes words like “p*ki
which were uttered by the main characters in the movie.

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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
This chapter explores the literature review contained theory that is used to
guide the process of this research. The discussion covers analysis, swearing, swear
words, and the functions of swear words. This research also describes the short summary
of Tililing movie and short background about VinCentiments as the objects of the
research and other topics that are related to the study. Moreover, the theoretical
framework, conceptual framework and conceptual paradigm of the research are also
provided.
Swearing
According to Nordquist (2020), a curse word is a word or phrase that is
considered profane, obscene, vulgar, or otherwise offensive by the general public. Bad
words, obscenities, expletives, dirty words, profanities, and four-letter words are all
terms used to describe these words.
Swearing or cursing is the act of using a swear word. Why do people use
swear words if they are deemed offensive or wrong? As it turns out, there are varieties of
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performs a few important functions in society. Here are the opinions of experts on why,
when and how people swear.
Jay and Janschewitz (2012) stated in their article that swearing can be used to
express any emotion and can have both positive and negative consequences. So far, Jay
and Janschewitz’ research has shown that most swear words are not harmful. In two
authors’ experience, public obscenity has never led to physical violence. The majority of
public uses of banned terms are harmless or have positive implications (e.g., humor
elicitation).
Functions of Swearing
In this study, the researchers elaborates the use of Swear Words according to
Pinker’s (2007) theory in the book entitled The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window
Human Nature. There are five ways of swearing, namely dysphemistic swearing,
abusive swearing, idiomatic swearing, emphatic swearing, and cathartic swearing. Here
are the descriptions of each use of swear words:
 Dysphemistic swearing – It is the opposition of euphemism. It makes the
audience consider bad or provocative subjects. Dysphemistic swearing is one
of the most common types and it is the “you look like sh*t” kind. It is not
meant to be disrespectful towards a person; rather, it is meant to describe a
situation. “This tastes like sh*t” is another instance in which the swear word is
used to convey a certain condition of circumstances rather than to insult the
other person. (another example: He f*cks her!)

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 Abusive swearing – It is primarily defined as being directed at a person for the
purpose of abusing, intimidating, or humiliating them. It includes popular
phrases like "f*ck you" and "you're a son of a b*tch." When it comes to
swearing, the context and intonation are extremely important. “F*ck you!” is
not automatically a “f*ck you”. “F*ck you” can mean, “leave me alone” or “I
dislike you”, but it can also mean “no way”. (another example: You
motherf*cking son of a b*tch! F*ck you assh*le!)
 Idiomatic swearing – Without actually addressing the subject, the words are used
to provoke interest, show off, and convey to peers that the situation is informal.
Example of idiomatic swearing is “holy sh*t”. It does not neither describes a
condition nor is it intended to offend anyone. Instead, it seeks to catch the
listener's attention, express coolness, or signal to the listener that they are in an
informal setting. (another example: “F*ck, man”)
 Emphatic swearing – It is swearing that emphasizes and highlights a point.
Emphatic swearing is by far the favorite kind, and the most common and
accepted form of swearing around. By strategically placing a few “fucking”
and “shit” in sentences, it gives some extra pressure to the statement.
Especially the word “fuck” and its derivatives is particularly useful when
wanting to make a point. (another example: “It was so fucking big!”)
 Cathartic swearing – It is used to reduce stress, boost one’s tolerance for pain, or
frighten or scare an enemy. According to one evolutionary theory, it is
intended to convey to the audience that someone is experiencing a bad
emotion. When bad news arrives or someone breaks something, this type of

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emotional outburst occurs. In addition, people curse when anything bad
happens, such as coffee spilling or hurt that little toe by kicking that doorframe
and cursed “Aww, fuck!” this what it means. (another example: “Damn this
coffee!”)
Why Do People Swear?
Swearing has been associated with attributes like verbal fluency, openness, and
honesty, according to studies. It lowers tension, dulls the sensation of pain, develops
peer camaraderie, and is linked to traits like verbal fluency, openness, and honesty
(Orlando 2020).
People need to understand why people swear in order to respond appropriately in
context. Swearing can be planned or completely unplanned. It would be considered
planned if a person told a joke in taboo language. However, if a person injures himself
or herself and screams in pain, it is considered unintentional.
Swear words are thought to help people express their feelings. People who swear
uneasily can reduce the physical pain they experience when they are hurt, especially
those who do not swear often (Staedter, 2011).
Thus, there are two categories of swearing: Propositional and non-
propositional. Pinker (2007) mentioned in his book that propositional swearing includes
dysphemistic, euphemistic, abusive, idiomatic, and emphatic swearing. These kinds of
swearing are often used when speakers are aware of its use and ultimately have a
purpose.
Elsewhere, Krans (2021) stated that swearing could be actually good for your
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help us better handle the pain. Second, according to experts, using swear words might
help us develop emotional resilience and cope with events over which we have no
control. Lastly, swearing can serve a variety of purposes, including creative expression,
relationship growth, and simply allowing diverse personalities to harmonize by
communicating that person is at ease around the other person.
Living in the midst of a pandemic has given people all reason to vent, whether it
is over the constant perplexing limitations or the fear of what can happen if a person gets
the coronavirus.
However, it turns out that periodic outbursts of cursing, cussing, swearing — or
whatever people want to call it — are a good method to process the turmoil of being
human in a world where so much is beyond people’s control when done wisely and
responsibly.
Film Industry in the Philippines
Filipino academics and critics often speak of the need to project Filipino values
and culture in their popular media. Current viewing and cinema content trends are
influenced by censoring laws and rules as well as popular taste. Understanding the
representations of the Filipino self in Philippine cinema requires first a knowledge of the
cultural and social context from which it has sprung.
Sarmiento (2013) stated that independent filmmakers seem to be quite keener than
others are. Free of commercial considerations, indie films pose much promise in making
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as a discursive genre offers great potential in portraying the human condition in the
anthropological sense, that is, the depiction of culture.
It is in the films themselves where audiences can see the stars portraying the
same personas in film after film. These film personas seem all the more real because the
other media and the actors themselves find it advantageous to support these portrayals
off screen.
As a result, the line between the film image and reality becomes very dim for
much of the audience and perhaps for the stars themselves. In fact, the stars are the
primary reason why most Filipinos go to the movies.
How Movies Influences our Society
In today's environment, movies are undeniably influential. The film industry is
arguably one of the most influential sectors of modern society. In addition, because the
benefits exceed the drawbacks, it is the filmmaker's responsibility to select the
appropriate content for the appropriate audience. Moreover, to shield young minds from
content that would taint their sentiments and opinions.
Every video and every film can reflect society and transform opinions. Every
movie is set and developed in a particular culture and everyone enjoys watching movies.
Thrillers, adventures, comedies, and horror films are all part of everyday life, and the
industry is expanding every day (Elezaj, 2019).
In many ways, a good film will entertain, educate, and inspire people. A lot of films
have plots that encourage the audience to get up every morning and face the world with
hope and optimism. Movies can make people laugh, cry and think. But more
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reminds people that every day is a new opportunity to wake up, get out into the world, to
overcome challenges and make a difference (Hassan 2021).
Film has a significant influence on today's culture. According to Fairman (2016),
film is embedded in our culture, and the industry is evolving and expanding on a daily
basis. Movies mirror society, and movies, in turn, impact society through changes in
representations, moral challenges, and the transformation of viewers' ideas. Movies
shape culture and mirror culture – aside from film reflecting people's different cultures,
film has long shaped people's views and ideals. However, there are still negative and
positive impacts of watching movies.
Watching movies may have negative and positive effects that could be a challenge
for Parents. It's important to keep in mind that a child's beliefs and habits may be
influenced by a passive lifestyle that involves a lot of time spent watching movies and
television. When a child views violent, sexual, or unrealistic children's movies or
cartoons, these ideas and beliefs may be absorbed, leading to behavior problems at
school or at home. (Romita, 2019).
According to Elezaj (2019) sex is made to appear "cool" in romantic films. Lies
are made to appear calculated in crime films. Stealing and dishonesty are also
normalized in other genres. Teenagers can now view pornographic content on the
internet and listen to music that promote drug and substance misuse. The right kind of
TV shows instill social and environmental awareness in young people and even
encourage overall social, emotional, and cognitive development.
In addition, movies are an essential aspect of who people are as it reflects people's
values and how people interact as individuals. It is easier to discern everyone's concerns,
attitudes, flaws, and strengths in movies than it is to understand them from people's
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Swearing in Movies
Consider how crucial it has been for filmmakers to include swear words in their
films throughout history. There has always been swearing in movies, even before sound
was invented. Because cinema is primarily about the human experience, it is only natural
that profanity be included in the representation of that experience.
Renee (2016) mentioned that swearing can be utilized in a variety of ways, and it
was recently used to highlight the issue of vulgarity in the media and censorship. Take
some time to consider whether or not someone’s project needs swear words before
eliminating or adding it to the screenplays or films. Perhaps people do. Perhaps people
do not.
According to Vertido (2001), in the last five years or so, three censorship agencies
have been founded and commissioned, each one gradually replacing the previous. The
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board is the most recent (MTRCB). It
has recently been afflicted by issues arising from anomalies in the application of its rules
and standards, particularly in the area of classification, and a scarcity of trained
reviewers.
This may seem self-evident, but when considered in the context of the
screenwriting process, the present rating system, and the potential economic
ramifications of earning an R, adding vulgarity in a picture is a far more considered
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VinCentiments
VinCentiments was named after SAWAKAS editor/cinematographer, Vincent
Asis.’ but Daryl Yap stated that it could not use SAWAKAS name, given the content of
their films. The fact that it may cause academic and institutional affiliations, so the casts
decided to make another page, which is the start of VinCentiments.
'VinCentiments' is the most trending name on social media, owing to its funny
short films like 'Perstaym Taympers,' 'Kung Pwede Lang,' 'Jowable,' ‘Tililing’,
Elevator, The Cousins: Minsan sa Pinsan, and its sequel. VinCentiments' daring and
hilarious perspective on all-too-familiar subjects has earned it a real following among
netizens. This is mostly attributed to the genius of its screenplays, which were written by
its director, Darryl Yap (Lasin, 2018).
The issue is not just with Yap's odd storytelling, which heavily depends on
flashbacks, but also with the film's convoluted storyline, in which he appears to have
poured out all of his passionate thoughts about the gore theme of his film. To his credit,
he placed his characters in a beautifully created environment, which may be enough to
pique the interest of some filmgoers who enjoy this genre.
Hence, the researchers chose VinCentiments as the subject of this study because
of its wide popularity despite the fact that have just started a few years ago.
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Tililing is a 2021 Philippines black comedy film written and directed by Daryl
Yap that was released last March 5, 2021 by Vivamax. Vincent Del Rosario III and
Veronique Del Rosario-Corpus are the producers of the film. This movie involves some
famous Filipino actors such as Baron Geisler, Gina Pareno, and Candy Pangilinan.
The main plot of Tililing revolves around three mental health patients: Socorro
(Gina Pareo), Bernie (Chad Kinis), and Peter Pan (Baron Geisler). Three nurse interns
Espie (Donnalyn Bartolome), Jessa (Yumi Lacsamana), and Maricel (Candy
Pangilinan), were all displaying unusual habits that make them difficult mental health
patients. One night, the three interns went on duty to care for their individual patients
and diagnose them appropriately. They will complete their internship and pass the
course if they are successful. Unfortunately, the guard-on-duty suffered a heart attack
that night, and all of the patients were unintentionally freed from their cells. The incident
resulted in an outburst of chaos inside the asylum (whose main gates remain sealed),
prompting interns to approach the inmates. Espie, Jessa, and Maricel worked tirelessly
to neutralize their patients in any way they could in order to complete their internship.
Vilog (2019) mentioned in her article that the term "tililing" refers to mental
disease and is sometimes used in a derogatory or contemptuous manner: "Baka may
tililing 'yan," "Para kang may tililing," and, worst of all, "Wag kang lalapit d'yan, may
tililing 'yan." This is the kind of phrase that is often used to describe someone who is a
little strange or has a true mental problem but is dismissed as "mentally unbalanced". It
generalizes people with a wide range of mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder,
autism, and schizophrenia, to name a few.

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The problem is not only that it deviates from the norm or that it is likely to utilize
foul language in every chunk of speech, which is the VinCentiments trademark, but also
that it has a strange title.
Much controversy surrounding this new film from Darryl Yap—who is no
stranger to criticism—before its Vivamax premiere. Netizens have already chastised the
film's producers, who have also produced recent hits such as Jowable and Paglaki Ko,
Gusto Ko Maging Pornstar. Yap's most recent film poster has been interpreted as a
mockery of mental health patients. Yap, on the other hand, urged the people to watch the
film before passing judgment.
Tililing is a test of endurance according to Daryl Yap. Many films have
demanded patience outright, but they usually reward audiences with beautiful and
rational resolutions.
Moreover, it is also worth noting that this film has previously spoken out about
some of the cast members’ mental health, had acted in films about the subject, or have
family members with special needs. Someone can also argue that people who deal with
mental conditions could weaponized words like “tililing” the same way some queer
people have used words like “bayot” and “bakla” to fight discrimination and empower
the community.
Some individuals failed to recognize how this film takes a step backward in
VinCentiments' fight against mental health stigma. Think of the valuable lessons about
mental health from a movie called "Tililing." If people are supposed to be enlightened by
whatever nuance it has to provide after watching it, it has already failed to achieve that
goal.
It is not and will never be funny. It may be “just a movie” to some, but film has
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with disabilities and mental illnesses deserve better films, particularly films that do not
use the conditions for clout (Lasin, 2018).
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Functions of Swearing by Steven Pinker’s Theory (2007)
This study focused on analyzing the phenomenon of swearing and the
researchers focused on the five functions of swearing using Steven Pinker’s theory
(2007) in his book The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature.
Steven Pinker is an experimental cognitive psychologist and a popular writer on
language, mind, and human nature.
Pinker said that swearwords may be identified depending on how they are
employed, or in other words, based on their function of aiming. The researchers
analyzed swear words uttered by the main characters in VinCentiments movie “Tililing”.
The functions include Dysphemistic Swearing, Abusive Swearing, Idiomatic Swearing,
Emphatic Swearing and Cathartic Swearing.
Descriptive-and-Interpretive Theory (Schutz. 1967)

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Thematic analysis is the search for themes that emerge as crucial to the description
of a phenomenon (Daly, Kellehear, and Gliksman, 1997). The process entails identifying
themes via careful reading and re-reading of the data (Rice and Ezzy, 1999). It is a type
of data pattern recognition in which emerging themes become the categories for
analysis. The method of analysis chosen for this study was a combination of qualitative
methods of thematic analysis, incorporating both Boyatzis' (1998) data-driven inductive
approach and the deductive approach.
Schutz's social phenomenology is a descriptive and interpretive theory of social
action that investigates subjective experience within the commonsense world of
individuals' daily lives. Schutz's theory places a premium on the spatial and temporal
dimensions of experience and social relationships. According to social phenomenology,
people in the world of daily life can ascribe meaning to a situation and then make
judgments. In this study, the subjective meaning of experience was the subject of
interpretation.
Boyatzis (1998), and Crabtree and Miller (1999) presented that the descriptive-and-
interpretive theory by Alfred Schutz have been used together as frameworks in this
study. As the supposed foundation of this study, these combined frameworks show the
relation of constructs that will lead to the answer on how the selected subjects of this
study came up to the opinion that they’re using. This will first introduce the descriptive
and interpretive theory by Schutz which can be rooted from code categories formed
from the code manual such as; the motives, social relationships, the meaning of social
action, systems of relevance, ideal types, and common sense.
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The researchers analyzed and examined the use of swear words in Tililing movie
as the subject. One of main causes why Tililing and other VinCentiments’ films gained
controversy is the existence of intense vulgar language.
Content analysis is used in this research, considering that content analysis is a
research method used to identify patterns in recorded communication. To conduct
content analysis, it systematically collects data from a set of texts, which can be written,
oral, or visual: books, newspapers and magazines, speeches and interviews, web content
and social media posts, photographs and films.
According to Harwood & Garry (2003), content analysis was employed to
analyze newspaper articles, periodicals, hymns, advertising, and other political speeches
during the nineteenth century. The content analysis method can be used to investigate
five different sorts of texts. The basic unit of analysis in content analysis can be a word,
a phrase, a sentence, a paragraph, an article, a picture, a video, an MMS, or a television
program, films etc.
Documents, artifacts, films, audios, and other types of communication text can all
be studied using content analysis. It refers to a technique for extracting useful
information from long, complex messages or text. It attaches meaning to the content
(messages) and draws important conclusions through content analysis (Showkat and
Parveen 2017).
One of the most effective methods is conducting unobtrusive research where the
research that does not collect data directly from individuals is content analysis. Rather
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The researchers used content analysis for the interpretation and examining the
material in the use of swear words and functions of swear words in Tililing film, which
is the main objective of the study. The researchers just analyzed and examined the
content of the film, which means it does not involve any individuals.
The researcher also used thematic analysis since this analysis is a qualitative
research method to a wide variety of conceptual frameworks and research questions. It is
a technique for identifying, analyzing, organizing, describing, and reporting on themes
discovered in a data set (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Boyatzis (1998) defined thematic
analysis as a translator between the languages of qualitative and quantitative analysis,
allowing researchers using different research methods to communicate with one another
using the Focus Group Discussion.
In connection of the analysis presented above, the researchers discussed the
responses of the six chosen participants and collected their ideas and interpreted the
following utterances to determine the themes of the responses that is shown in the
corresponding category which is presented in chapter four.
The researchers were able to learn the opinions of the viewers about swearing
and the use of swear words in the VinCentiments’ film "Tililing" based on the data
acquired in Focus Group Discussion.
Moreover, this research aimed to investigate two important points of the
objectives i.e functions of uttering swear words and intention or motive of uttering swear
words in Tililing movie. This research is conducted with unobtrusive research approach
under content analysis, where the research that does not collect data directly from
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The researchers wholly analyzed the content itself; therefore, the researchers
were not biased in the study conducted using content analysis and thematic analysis to
support the data needed.
CONCEPTUAL PARADIGM
The figure below is a visual representation developed by the researchers to
illustrate the flow in this study.
Categorizing the
content that is SWEAR Identifying
WORDS IN the context in
selected based on the TILILING
five functions of the movie.
MOVIE
swearing.
CONTENT
ANALYSIS
Steven Pinker’s
Theory: Five Assessing different
Functions of Swearing opinions about
swearing and swear
1. Dysphemistic swearing words in the movie
from the
2. Abusive swearing
respondents.
3. Idiomatic swearing
4. Emphatic swearing
FOCUS GROUP
5. Cathartic swearing DISCUSSION THEMATIC
ANALYSIS
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents procedures and working steps for analyzing and examining
swearing in the main characters in VinCentiments movie “Tililing” by Daryl Yap. This
section comprises (1) Research Locale, (2) Research Design, (3) Population and
Sampling, (4) Research Instrument, (5) Data Gathering Procedure, (6) Ethical
Considerations used as a guide to facilitate the data of this research.
Locale of the Study
This research was conducted via an online platform in order to collect data in
Focus Group Discussion. The researchers used Google Meet to collect the data.
Google Meet is a video conference available to everyone and can create an online
meeting with participants. It has the appropriate functions, such as audio and video
recording that can be used to collect data. This allows the researchers to play back and
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Research Design
The researchers employed a mixed-method approach to achieve the research
goals dealing with swearing practices used in the movie. According to Gronmo (2020), a
mixed-method study is one in which qualitative and quantitative data are collected,
analyzed and interpreted in a study that looks at the underlying occurrence. A research
design that contains both philosophical assumptions and inquiry procedures is known as
mixed-method (Cameron, 2011).
Content analysis was employed in the first three objectives as a research tool to
determine the presence of specific words, categorization and discussion (Luo 2021). It is
the method that was applied in this study, as the researchers believed it was appropriate
method for textual investigation.
The researchers started by identifying the swear words uttered by the main
characters in the VinCentiments film Tililing and determining their functions using
Steven Pinker's Five Functions of Swearing within qualitative data.
Then idetinfyied the motives or intentions of using swear words within
quantitative data. As a result, the researchers could easily define the study they wanted
to explore by providing fixed percentages to give a clear explanation by offering
statistical work in the form of percentages. In this case, the researchers presented tables
and interpretations in order to have a clear discussion and presentation of the data
gathered.
Furthermore, as part of the fourth objective, the researchers conducted a Focus
Group Discussion (FGD) and data gathering approach in which small groups of people
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moderator. Thematic analysis is also used in transcribing and interpreting participants’
responses.
Population and Sampling
The researchers gathered the data using mainly the internet and the recorded film
guided by the method of content analysis in order to answer the three first objectives.
Purposive Sampling is used as a sampling method in employing participants for
FGD. Purposive sampling method proved to be effective when only limited numbers of
people can serve as primary data sources due to the nature of research design, aims and
objectives.
Six (6) participants ranging from 18 to 25 years old were selected. The
participants should be aware of the VinCentiments’ films and know the meaning of
swearing.
Six participants were chosen to be interviewed. The researchers conducted an
informal survey using a Google form to determine the possible responses based on the
multiple-choices that provides more near-objective choices for respondents.
Research Instrument
Research instrument is a tool, which is designed by a researcher to collect data
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analysis, where the researchers are able to observe mundane details while taking notes of
it- actively participating in the research process. Moreover, the tool deployed by the
researchers was in the form of a data sheet and served as the second instrument of the
study.
The data that have been collected were transferred into categorization system,
which was drawn to a table presented as Table 1. The categorization was about the
functions of swear words. The significance of categorizing data was to enable the
researcher to recognize and group data according to the similar features or patterns,
which the data possess. The researchers employed a data sheet for collecting and
presenting the swear words found in the movie Tililing and categorizing the data into
functions of swearing.
The first data sheet was created according to the swear words found in the movie
uttered by main characters while the second data sheet was illustrated according to the
functions of swear words. The motives or intentions of swearing uttered by the main
characters are based on the result of the amount of percentage and are explained in the
third date sheet.
Focus Group Discussion (FGD) is used in conducting interviews, reflecting on the
meaning of observation and interview data as recommended by Creswell (2012). FGDs
are a predetermined semi-structured interview led by skilled moderators or researchers.
The questions are Open-Ended which do not provide participants with a
predetermined set of answer choices, instead allowing the participants to provide
responses in their own words. The researchers’ goal is to generate the maximum amount
of discussion and opinions within a given time period.
FGDs typically in groups of four to six, in this research, hence, six participants
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viewers regarding the use of swear words in VinCentiments movie “Tililing” and
swearing itself. The researchers asked broad questions to elicit responses and generate
discussion among the participants.
The format of the data sheets are illustrated in the table below.
Table 1: Sample of data sheet of Swear Words uttered by the main

characters.
No. Main Characters Utterance (Swear Words)
1. Gina Pareno as “Socorro” Anong mental? Bahay ko ‘to ul*l!
Table 2: Sample Data Sheet of categorized utterances with swear words

to its Functions of Swear Words.
A. DYSPHEMISTIC SWEARING
1. Tang-ina! San tayo pupunta?
Table 3: Sample Data Sheet of Frequency of Occurrence of Functions of

Swear Words in Tililing Movie.
FUNCTIONS OF SWEAR WORDS QUANTITY PERCENTAGE

SWEAR WORDS
ABUSIVE SWEARING T*ngina mo! 1 1%
TOTAL 1 1%
Abbreviations:

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DS : Dysphemistic Swearing IS : Idiomatic Swearing
AS : Abusive Swearing ES : Emphatic Swearing
CS : Cathartic Swearing
Data Gathering Procedure
Data collection is a method of gathering information from various sources in
order to understand a phenomenon (Rouse, 2017). The process of data gathering
includes data collection through note taking. Nordquist (2019) defines note taking as a
technique of writing down or otherwise recording important pieces of information and a
crucial step in the research process.
The researcher used the note-taking technique by carefully watching and
listening to the movie. Meanwhile, the following phases comprise the data collection
procedure.
Watching the film Tililing was the first step. It was required to do so since it was
important to understand the story's background and the attitudes of all of the characters.
It was also necessary to determine whether the film had sufficient data to help the
researchers in analyzing the issues.
The second step was the researchers wrote down pieces of information indicating
swear words that are collected from the Tililing movie and its utterances. The sources of
data employed were from a movie, which was already transcribed by Vivamax using the
English subtitle.
The final step was classifying and transferring dialogues containing swear words
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The researchers observed the data with their contexts of the utterances to
determine functions of swearing; checking the accuracy of the transcript; the researcher
categorized the data according to Pinker’s (2007) theory on functions of swearing. The
researchers explained the data narratively according to their functions for swearing in
Tililing with respect to the context of the utterances. Then, has drawn conclusions based
on the research findings for the first three objectives.
To answer the last objective, the researchers conducted Focus Group Discussion
(FGD). Before the FGD conducts, the informal survey was the first step in choosing the
six participants, using the google form online platform, then, interview questions were
asked to the participants to know their opinions and ideas relating to swear words and
VinCentiments’ Tililing movie that was conducted using Google Meet. Meanwhile, the
following phases comprise the data collection procedure in FGD.
FOCUS GROUP AGENDA
Fig. 2: The flowchart showing the procedure of Focus Group Discussion
Introduction of the Researchers and the Group Topic
Introduction of the Focus Group Discussion Participants
Discussion of the Objectives in conducting the FGD
Brief discussion of Reception Analysis
Comprehensive discussion of their responses to the prepared

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FGD PROTOCOL
1. The participants in the FGD are a mixed group with certain shared qualities.
2. For a discussion on a given topic, FGD should have a group of 6 to 12 persons.
3. FGD should be held in a setting that provides as much privacy as possible and is
comfortable for the participants. The researchers use a private meeting via Google
Meet.
4. Every individual has the right to refuse or leave from a focus group discussion at any
time. The facilitator of the focus group must respect this right.
5. Focus groups should be conducted in a way that is comfortable for all participants so
that they can speak openly and honestly.
6. In the notes or final report, no identifying information should be maintained.
Ethical Consideration
Prior to this study, the participants' full agreement should be acquired and the
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harm. It is necessary to ensure that the privacy of participants are protected. Any
distortion and exaggeration regarding the research’s goals and objectives must be
avoided. Any and all affiliations, funding sources, and any conflicts of interest must be
disclosed. Research related communication should be conducted with accountability and
fairne
CHAPTER IV
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter, the results of the research are presented in detail on the findings
and discussion section. The results answered the objectives of the research that are to
identify and determine the functions of swear words in Tililing movie. In addition, the
frequencies of the functions of swear words are explained. Further analysis of each
problem is presented in the discussion section.
The research on swear words used by characters in the film Tililing is discussed
in this section. The total number of data gathered for this study, 76, are shown in Table 2
following the discussion. The frequency of the functions and uses of swear words used
by the characters in the Tililing movie are displayed in the table. The following table
will show the outcomes, which are varied.
Table 4: Data sheet of Swear Words uttered by the Main Characters.

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NO. MAIN CHARACTERS Utterances (Swear Words)
1. Baron Geisler as “Peter” “Ha? Ano bang k*ntot? Masarap ba yun?”
2. Gina Pareno as “Socorro” “Anong mental? Bahay ko ‘to ul*l!
Hindi ako bob* ha?”
“Felipe! Mahal ko, babalik ako! T*ng-ina!

Tibayan mo loob mo!”
“Aking irog andito ako, ang minamahal mong si

Socorro. T*ng-ina!”
“Buksan mo ang pinto Felipe! Mahal ko, Felipe!

T*ng-ina mo Felipe! W*lang hiya ka, p*tang-ina
mo! T*ng-ina ka! H*yop ka! P*tang-ina mo!
T*ng-ina mo! T*ng-ina mo! Felipe! Buksan mo
ang pinto! Buksan mo ang pinto!”
“B*bo!”
3. Chad Kinis as “Bernie” “P*tang-ina mo din!”
4. Donnalyn Bartolome “Ito po kasing p*tang-inang ito. Akala niya

ikinaganda nya yung pagfofalse eyelashes nya!
as “Esperanza Balingit” 30 minutes akong naghihintay sa may kanto nila!
“Muntik pa akong mapagkamalang p*kpok na

bibida sa porn!”
“T*ng-ina! San tayo pupunta?”
“Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!

Sh*t!”
“Papahiram mo din pala n*mo, t*ng-ina mo ka.”
“Tabi! P*tang-ina mo ka! E halos ipakain mo na

nga sa akin tapos ngayon mag-aalala ka kung
maapakan ko?! T*ng-ina mo!”
“What the F! Ano yan?! Pinapatuyo mo yung

mga sh*t?”
“Oh sige, sunugin na nating yang bw*kanang

inang sh*t na ‘yan.”

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“Pupunta tayo sa Tondo! Susunugin natin yung

mga p*kshit na ‘yon! Ano g?”
5. Candy Pangilinan as “E bakit nga daw ba ipapakita yan ni Ma’am

“Maricel Asuncion” Divine? T*nga!”
“Gustong-gusto ko ng umusad, guston-gusto ko

ng makatapos ha?! Pero hindi ko alam kung
makakaalis pa ako sa p*tang-inang ‘to!”
“Hindi ako b*bo!”
“P*tang-ina! T*ng-ina! T*ng-ina!”
“Di ba?! alam nyo namang minamaltrato sila

dito! Ang akala nila, kayo ang nagmamaltrato sa
kanila kasi p*tang-ina mo ang tigas ng ulo mo!
At p*ki ng ina mo ang tigas kasi ng ulo mo!”
“Alam ko na! Alam ko na! P*tang-ina!”
“Yung nakapatong yung bawal! B*bo! B*bo!”
“Alam niyo ba yung ano pa ang bawal dito?

Yung mga b*bo’ng katulad niyo!”
“Tumahimik kayong p*tang-ina niyoooo!”
“Mamamatay na tayong mga p*tang-inang panty

niyo pa ang pinoproblema ninyo!”
“Oh! Heto p*ki ng ina mo! Ha! Oh ito suotin mo

panty ko!”
6. Yumi Lacsamana as “Ano ba yang bunganga mo ano ba yang

"Jessa Cawagas” hapunan mo t*e? L*ntek ka ha!”
“Oh! Hali ka dito dali! Oh pumili kana ng isa

it*e mo na yan…”
“Sh*t anong gagawin natin?”
“P*tang-ina niyo, bitawan niyo ako! H*yop!”
“P*tang-ina niyo!”
“Huy ikaw! P*tang-ina mo ka!”
“Bitawan niyo ako! P*tang-ina!”
“Ay p*tang-ina mo! Panty ko yan magnanakaw

ka! Panty ko yan!”

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“Thursday suot kasi ninakaw mong h*yop kang

bw*ka ng ina mo!”
“Oh oh oh oh! T*ng-ina! Jessa? Jessa ba

pangalan mo? Magnanakaw kang sh*ta ng ina
mo!”
Corresponding to objective number one, identified swear words in
VinCentiments’ Tililing movie uttered by the main characters are presented in the table
above. Therefore, an attention is given to the swearing 76 expressions and their
accompanying utterances in order to understand the film’s intention or motive of the
utterances.
A character can be expressed through dialogue and physical movement.
People frequently enjoy a certain movie because they can relate to the characters. In the
movie Tililing, characters uttered swear ast it may directly address the ideas or they may
be disclosed in the point-of-view. According to Reich (2017) the concepts of the movie
might also be revealed through dialogue. Film dialogue plays a significant role in scene
design and serves a variety of distinct purposes. Expository information that is required
for the audience to comprehend the story can be conveyed through dialogue.
As per the table above, the three nurses played by Yumi Lacsamana as Jessa
Cawagas, Candy Pangilinan as Maricel Asuncion, and Donalyn Bartolome as Ezperanza
Balingit had the most swear words used in their lines and consequently received the
most screen time in the film. Chad Kinis as Bernie, Gina Pareno as Socorro and Baron
Geisler as Peter had a limited swear words used in their lines and due to their limited
screen time in the film. In addition, the three characters also used swearing, but it was
not as frequent and instense as the objective of this study needed.
Moreover, in relation to the second objective, swearing is categorized
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situation in which the swear words are deployed. Finally, to show that the findings
amount of the percentage for the first and second objective are related, research results
are displayed in Table 3.
Table 5: Data Sheet of Categorized Words with Utterances to its Functions of

Swear Words
A. DYSPHEMISTIC SWEARING
“Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!”
“Mamamatay na tayong mga p*tang-inang panty niyo pa ang pinoproblema

ninyo!”
“Ano bang hapunan mo? t*e?”
“Halika dito dali! Oh, pumili kana ng isa.. Itae mo na ‘yan”
In the utterances above it shows that the main characters uses dysphemistic
swearing. Dysphemisms are exclamatory swear words that express irritation or anger
without directly aiming it at a person. In example above, one of the characters uttered
“Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!” in which the swear words are used to
talk about things or situations that irritates and frustrates them.
According to Steven Pinker (2007), it forces the listener to think about negative
or provocative matters. Dysphemistic swearing is among the most accepted kinds. This

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function does not aimed in insulting someone as much as it is meant to describe a
person. In this matter, the main character in this movie employs this type of profanity,
which encourages listeners to consider bad or offensive topics. In other words, it used to
express that the speaker thinks of the topic and to persuade the listener to do so as well.
Dysphemism includes swearing, calling someone names, and making any kind of
hurtful remark intended to offend or cause harm to someone else. Dysphemisms are
exclamatory swear words used to express irritation or rage (Keith Allan and Kate
Burridge, 2006).
B. ABUSIVE SWEARING
“Anong mental? Bahay ko ‘to ul*l ka!”
“Papahiram mo din pala n*mo, t*ng-ina mo ka”
“Buksan mo ang pinto Felipe! Mahal ko, Felipe! T*ng-ina mo Felipe! W*lang
hiya ka! p*tang-ina mo! T*ng-ina ka! H*yop ka! P*tang-ina mo! T*ng-ina mo!
T*ng-ina mo! Felipe! Buksan mo ang pinto! Buksan mo ang pinto!”
“Yung nakapatong yung bawal! B*bo! B*bo ka talaga”
“Alam niyo ba yung ano pa ang bawal dito? Yung mga b*bo’ng katulad niyo!”
“P*tang-ina mo din!”
“Ito po kasing p*tang-inang ito. Akala niya ikinaganda nya yung pagfofalse
eyelashes nya! 30 minutes akong naghihintay sa may kanto nila! Muntik pa akong
mapagkamalang p*kpok na bibida sa porn!”
“Papahiram mo din pala n*mo, t*ng-ina mo ka”

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“Tabi! P*tang-ina mo ka! E halos ipakain mo na nga sa akin tapos ngayon mag-
aalala ka kung maapakan ko?! T*ng-ina mo!”
“E bakit nga daw ba ipapakita yan ni Ma’am Divine? T*nga!”
“Di ba?! alam nyo namang minamaltrato sila dito! Ang akala nila, kayo ang
nagmamaltrato sa kanila kasi p*tang-ina mo ang tigas ng ulo mo! At p*ki ng ina
mo ang tigas kasi ng ulo mo!”
“P*tang-ina niyo, bitawan niyo ako!”
“Oh! Heto p*ki ng ina mo! Ha! Oh ito suotin mo panty ko!”
“L*ntik ka ha!”
“Ay p*tang-ina mo! Panty ko yan magnanakaw ka! Panty ko yan!”
“Thursday suot kasi ninakaw mong h*yop kang bw*kaw ka ng ina mo!”
“Magnanakaw kang sh*ta ng ina mo!”
“p*ki ng ina mo”
The main characters in the movie, are more on uses of abusive swearing
with the definition as harsh or offensive language directed towards another person. In
example utterances above, the characters always used swear words with “ka” “mo”

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“nito/ito” and “niyo” that signifies that the speaker intended to insult the person to
whom the speaker was talking. This function of swearing includes name-calling and
other cursing expressions that shows aggressive
behaviourhttps://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/abusive-language or lack of respect for
others.
Steven Pinker (2007) mentioned that when people insult or offense someone
directly, the speaker attacks them in any words that provoke hatred, mockery, or
disrespect towards any person, sex or group, race, tribe, religion, political or religious
affiliation.
In addition, Dutton (2007) argued that because swear words are nasty, harsh, and
disgusting, they have negative connotations. The most people regarded words like
"fuck" (mockery) and "cunt" (sexual) offensive, at least in part, and linked persons who
used them with bad traits.
C. IDIOMATIC SWEARING
“What the F! Oh Sh*t Ano yan?!”
“Pupunta tayo sa Tondo! P*kshit!
“P*tang-ina! T*ng-ina! T*ng-ina! Uggghh!”
“P*kpok?! Muntik pa akong mapagkamalang na bibida sa porn”

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Just like dysmphemistic swearing, idiomatic swearing is also use without really
referring to the matter or aiming at a person. The words are used to raise interest, show
off, and express to peers in using idiomatic swearing. In the examples above, the
characters uses swear words expressions like “What the F!” and “PakSh*t” to catch the
listener's attention, express coolness or feelings, or communicate to the audience that
they are in an informal setting.
According to Steven Pinker (2007), idiomatic swearing does not describe a state
or aimed at insulting anyone. Instead, it used for no other reason than to indicate that the
discourse and interaction between the speaker and the listener is casual.
D. EMPHATIC SWEARING
“Hindi ako b*bo ha?”
“Oh sige, sunugin na nating yang bw*kanang inang shit na ‘yan.”
“Gustong-gusto ko ng umusad, guston-gusto ko ng makatapos ha?! Pero hindi

ko alam kung makakaalis pa ako sa p*tang-inang ‘to!”
“Ay p*ki mong may balbas”
“What the F? pinapatuyo mo ‘yong mga sh*t na yan??”
“Sunugin na natin ‘yang bwk*nang sh*t na ‘yan”
“Mamili ka! Buhol mo dyan sa may p*ki mo o buhol mo dyan sa leeg mo!”
“Ha? Ano ba ang k*ntot? Masarap ba ‘yon?”

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“Kung gusto mo k*ntot nalang”
Emphatic swearing is used to emphasize and to show a point. For example ‘It
was so fucking big!’, it emphasized that something is big. In the example above,
“Sunugin na natin ‘yang bwk*nang sh*t na ‘yan?” it emphasized that ‘na yan’ is
defined as “bwk*nang sh*t” and because this utterance is example of emphatic
swearing, igives some extra pressure or highlight to your statement.
Steven Pinker (2007) stated that emphatic swearing is a swearing that underlines
and meant to call attention to something that is thought to be important. It is to
emphasize a word that has been used to describe an event or person in an unfavorable or
good way.
Characters in the movie tend to employ emphatic swearing since it serves the
purpose of emphasizing something they want to say but cannot convey linguistically.
E. CATHARTIC SWEARING
“Bitawan niyo ako! P*tang-ina! Aray ano ba!”
“Felipe! Mahal ko babalik ako! T*ng-ina! Tibayan mo loob mo!”
“Aking irog andito ako, ang minamahal mong si Socorro. T*ng-ina!”
“H*yop! Ang sakit non!”
“Oh oh oh oh! T*ng-ina! Jessa? Jessa ba pangalan mo?”

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“Aray! ang p*ki kong may balbas”
Finally, the characters utilized cathartic swearing in the movie, which means it is
a response to grief or tragedy. In the utterances above, most of the cathartic swear words
uttered by the main characters are to response in tolerance for pain and the rest are to
startle or intimidate an attacker or to someone that is the speaker’s speaking to.
According to Steven Pinker (2007) cathartic swearing is considered as neither
courteous nor impolite. Another of cathartic swearing is when bad news has come
around or someone has broken something, emotional outburst happens. For example,
when someone spilled hot coffee at your t-shirt while walking in the street, and you
respond “Aww f*ck! It hurts!.” It signifies that you respond a cathartic swearing to show
that you are in pain.
Corresponding to objective number two, this section described the findings of the
research on swear words uttered by the characters in Tililing movie. From the analysis
process, the total data collected in this research are 76 swear words expressions which
were categorized in its functions of swearing and are displayed in Table 2 above. Below
each table are the provided interpretations of the data collected to fully understand if the
utterances connect and relate to its functions of swearing.
The frequency of the occurrence of functions of swear words uttered by the
characters in Tililing movie and are displayed in the table below.
Table 6: Data Sheet of Frequency of Occurrence of Functions of Swear

Words in Tililing Movie.

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FUNCTIONS OF
SWEAR WORDS
WORDS QUANTITY Total %
T*ngina, B*bo,
Dysphemistic Swearing P*tangina, Sh*t, T*e 14 18.42%
T*ngina, Ul*l, B*bo,

W*lang hiya, P*tangina,
H*yop, P*kpok,
Bw*kanang Ina, T*nga,
Abusive Swearing P*ki ng Ina, L*ntik , Sh*ta
ng Ina, P*ki, N*mo
35 46.05%
T*ngina, P*tangina,
P*kpok, Sh*t, Paksh*t, F
Idiomatic Swearing 9 11.84%
K*ntot, B*bo, P*tangina,

Sh*t, Bw*kangIna, P*ki
Emphatic Swearing 11 14.47%
T*ngina, P*tangina,
H*yop, Sh*t, F
Cathartic Swearing 7 9.21%
TOTAL 76 100%
Table 6 shows the 76 swear words expressions from the movie of
VinCentiments’ Tililing. The researchers has found five functions of swear words which
used by the main characters in the movie, i.e. Dysphemistic Swearing, Abusive
Swearing, Idiomatic Swearing, Emphatic Swearing, and Cathartic Swearing according
to Pinker’s theory.

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Corresponding to objective number 3, besides determining the functions of swear
words, the researchers also identified the motive or intention using swear words uttered
by the main characters. According to the result presented in Table 6, Abusive Swearing
has the highest percentage of occurrences in the context of utterances of the main
characters in the movie and Cathartic Swearing as the least.
As for the function of swear words, abusive swearing becomes the most
dominant function found in Tililing movie and has the longest lists of swear words
uttered by the main character. Steven Pinker (2007) argued that best expression to show
disrespect and insult toward other people is using abusive swearing since it is directed
and aimed to hurt someone.
In Tililing movie, the characters mostly uttered abusive swear words when they
wanted to show their dislike or rudeness toward someone. It occurs 35 times and gets the
percentage of 46.05%. It also includes name-calling and other cursing expressions that
are offensive like “Mga p*tang-*na nyo!” “h*yop kang p*ke ng *na mo!”. Then, to
emphasize their disrespect and insults, abusive swear words are chosen as the top way to
express their feelings.
Dysphemestic Swearing showed in the movie as another motive of characters’
swearing. It occurs 14 times and gets the percentage of 18.42%. Under this motive,
swearing is used by speakers in response to unpleasant psychological states like
irritation, tension, or frustration that does not aimed directly to a person.
Moreover, Idiomatic Swearing occurs 9 times ang gets the percentage of 11.84%.
Under this motive, characters swear because something or someone surprises them. In
addition, they aim to make their arguments in unusual ways, the characters in Tililing
use idiomatic swearing. Idiomatic swearing is a type of cursing that frequently uses an
idiom and whose connotative meaning makes it difficult to understand the expression's
meaning on its own (Ljung, 2011).

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Emphatic Swearing occurs 11 times and gets the percentage of 14.47%. Under
this motive, characters used swearing because they believe that in a given circumstance,
their messages need to be more emphasized in order for their views to be understood by
their interlocutors. Since the term is solely used to communicate a single emotion, this
cursing is therefore not intended to offend and is not addressed to a particular addressee
(Pincer, 2007).
Meanwhile, cathartic function becomes the least to occur in Tililing movie that
swear words appeared 7 time and gets the percentage of 9.21%. According to Steven
Pinker (2007) cathartic function occurs when something bad happens and is used in
response to pain or misfortune. In Tililing, only few cathartic words have found which
seems to be in response only when character is in pain like“Bitawan moko! Put*ngina!
Aray ano ba!” and “Aray! Ang p*ke kong may balbas!” are the examples. Under this
motive, the speaker swears because they are experiencing physical pain. In other words,
since both involve numbing pain, this form of cursing is comparable to stab-toe
swearing. In this situation, swearing acts as a pain tolerance mechanism by assisting the
swearers in coping with their suffering. Also, obscenity was exposed due to use of
sexual term specifically body part p*ki in the utterance of the character.
So therefore, functions and motives of swearing emerged in Tililing movie are
abusive swearing, emphatic swearing, idiomatic swearing, cathartic swearing, cathartic
wearing, and dysphemistic swearing.
Corresponding to objective number 4, the researchers conducted a Focus Group
Discussion to collect information from the respondents. Below is the presentation of the
results of the FGD in table form.

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Description of FGD Participants using Thematic Analysis
In order to analyze the responses of the chosen participants. Thematic analysis was
applied in the study. Based on the gathered data in the FGD, the researchers were able to
know the opinions of the viewer’s regarding the use of swear words in VinCentiments
movie “Tililing”.
The following tables presented below will reveal participants’ responses to the
FGD questions and their corresponding category.
FGD AGENDA 1: What is your opinion when people swear?
RESPONSES KEY PHRASES THEMES
Response 1:
“I feel like it’s their personality like Their personality Personality

okay lang sakin kase it’s their
personality eh”
“for me it adds the mood to a certain

sentence or scenario, ganon.”
It adds the mood Mood
Response 2:
“depends on the situation.” Depends on the Situation

situation
“it’s okay lang naman and ahh- Peoples’

actually syempre ahh reaction lang Reaction lang naman ng Reaction
naman ng ng tao ‘yong magmura” tao ‘yong magmura

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“interpretation ng taong
nakakarinig.”
Interpretation ng taong
nakakarinig
Peoples’
interpretation
Response 3:
“when they swear it reflects on their

personality” When they swear it Personality
reflects on their
personality
“Para syang ano parang naging

swearing is part of the daily basis of
life” Swearing is part of the Daily basis
daily basis of life
“ganon parang nasa daily

conversation na”
Daily conversation
Daily
“agad-agad ko din sya agad na- conversation
naabsorb na.. ano parang ganto it is a
norm for people here na magmura”
Norm for people here na
magmura
“na you can use it anytime, anywhere Peoples’ norm
wihout ah.. restrictions.”
You can use it anytime
anywhere, without
restrictions
Swear without
restriction
Response 4
“dun sa lugar na pinagmumurahan Lugar na Proper place to

kasi nga may lugar na for public use pinagmumurahan swear
and private use”
“naiiba ako ng tingin sabi ko ay

walang pag-galang sa ibang taong Walang paggalang sa Respect
nakakakinig kasi” ibang taong nakakakinig

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“hindi lang naman sila ang naandon”
Hindi lang naman sila Awareness

ang naandon
Response 5:
“for me it’s okay lang magswear” It’s okay lang magswear Acceptable
“pero depende yun sa tao o sa context

o conversation”
Depende sa tao, context, Situation
o conversation
“So, ‘yong pagmumura mayroon din

naman syang advantage tsaka
disadvantages.” ‘yong pagmumura,
mayroon din naman Advantage and
syang advantage tsaka Disadvantages
disadvantage
“nakakatulong din sya para para
makam-makaramdaman mo ‘yong
relief”
Makaramdaman mo
‘yong relief Relief
Response 6:
“Para sa ‘kin kahit nagmumura ako Kahit nagmumura ako, Unacceptable

masama pa din” masama pa din
“hindi naman lahat ng pagsasabihan

natin ng mura.. magiging maganda
‘yong reaction sa kanila, kasi depende Depende sa magiging
‘yon sa magiging reaction ng reaction ng sasabihan Peoples’
sasabihan mo, masama pa rin kasi sa mo reaction
‘kin”
“pag-pagtagal na ng panahon talaga

nagiging normal na talaga ‘yong

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pagmumura”
Pagtagal ng panahon,
nagiging normal na
“i-ano parin natin, ilu-ilulugar parin, talaga ‘yong Acceptable
ilulugar pa rin natin kung san, kung pagmumura
kung san.. ilulugar pa rin natin kung
saan at kanino tayo ano, kanino tayo
nagsasabi ng mga swearwords”
“alam mo ‘yong magiging reaction”

Situation
Ilulugar parin natin
“depende ‘yon sa sit-sitwasyon, ‘pag kung saan
sa, pag sa school, ‘pag sa mga formal
occasion.. wala talaga”
“kailangan nating ilugar ‘yong mga.. Alam mo ‘yong reaction Awareness

paggamit natin ng swearwords..”
Depende sa sitwasyon Situation
Ilugar ‘yong paggamit Proper place to

natin ng swear words swear
Table 7: Transcript of interview responses of 6 persons to FGD AGENDA 1
Table 7 was able to produced 16 codes in correspondence to the identified
themes. As the participants responses about when people swear, the participants perceive
the research subjects through codes that appeared repeatedly which were Codes 1, 3, 4,

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10, 12, and 13 which are the Personality, Situation, Peoples’ reaction, Proper place to
swear, and Awareness.
FGD AGENDA 2: What is your opinion about films that contain bad language and
lewd content?
RESPONSES KEY PHRASES THEME
Response 1:
“just okay and it’s a good It’s a good way of Explore

way of ahhh saying er.. it’s exploring things here
a good way of exploring in the Philippines
things here in the
Philippines”
“one of the taboo issues R18 movies

here are ahhh the R18
movies like ganon” Rated movies
“thats a good platform” Good platform
Platform
“raising awareness of a Raising awareness of

certain taboo issue dito sa certain taboo
Awareness
Pilipinas.”
Response 2:
“Sa akin okay lang naman Okay lang naman sa Acceptable

sa akin dito” akin dito

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“ipapanuod din to ng
kunwari mga bata siguro
it’s not appropriate na It’s not appropriate na
panuodin to ng mga under panuodin ‘to ng mga
age ng mga eighteen pababa under age Awareness
or mga sixteen pababa,
fifteen pababa, twelve
pababa kasi syempre mga
bata pa naman sila”
“they need guidance pa.”

Need guidance pa
Guidance
“But, if adult naman ang
manunuod nito it’s okay
lang naman kasi.. you know
ahh.. naiintindihan If adult naman ang
nanaman nila siguro ‘yong mununuod nito, it’s
mga ganung klaseng mga okay lang naman Adult
swearwords kasi sa sinasabi
din nanaman nila ‘yon.”
Response 3:
“ano.. may tamang Tamang patnubay at Guidance

patnubay at gabay ganon, gabay ganon
‘pag tayo’y naging
magulang maggagabayan
ganon ‘di ba?”
“‘yong Jowable, ‘yon yung

pina-pinakang nakakuha ng Pinaka-pinakang
ano ng attention ko” nakakuha ng attention Attention
ko
“sa VinCentiments kasi.. it

is a portrayal of real life
conversations”
It is a portrayal of real
life conversations Real life
“Para ba gang realistic

line”
Realistic line

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“However,ahmm.. Realistic
kumbaga’y ‘yon nga
kailangan ng tamang Panutbay at gabay
patnubay at gabay ‘yon.”
Guidance
Response 4:
“meron tayong Movie and

Televsion Review and
Classification Board o yung
MTRCB, alam nyo yung
MTRCB sila yung MTRCB, sila ‘yong MTRCB
nagsasabi, this movie is nagsasabi this movie
parental guardian, this is parental guidance
movie is applicable to all
children, this movie is SPG
strongly parental guidance”
“ahh yung thinking kung

ano nga ba dapat
papanuorin natin”
Ano nga ba dapat

papanuorin natin
“so ito yung Tililing kasi Awareness
hindi naman sya basta
pwede basta basta panuorin
ng bata dapat may guide
parin.”
Dapat may guidance
parin
“nagagamit rin na-a-apply Guidance
rin ng mga bata.”
Na-a-apply rin ng mga

bata
Utilized
Response 5:
“normal na ‘yon, normal na Normal na ‘yong pag

yung pagswear kahit sa swear kahit sa iba’t-

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iba’t-ibang bansa.” ibang bansa
Acceptable
“lalo na kapag nanunuod

mga matatanda parang
nagpipintig yung ano nila Hindi sa kanila
diba? ‘yong tenga nila kasi normal ‘yong mga
hindi sa kanila normal yung ganung-ganung words
mga ganung-ganung
words.”
Acceptable
“so, prang ano lang ito, ‘yong pagmumura is a

yung-yung pagmumura is a strategy din sa
is-strategy din lalo na panahon ngayon
panahon ngayon mga
millenials na..”
“na parang naaaccept na Naaaceept na rin nila Strategy

rin nila ‘yong mga ganung- ‘yong mga ganung
ganung… tema” tema
“Kaya ginagaya na rin ng

ibang tao”
Ginagaya na rin ng
ibang tao
Acceptable
“so parang nagiging

normalize na din sya sa
Nagiging normalize
panahon ngayon.”
na din sya sa panahon
ngayon
Imitated
Acceptable
Response 6:
“Ang para sa ‘kin is.. Normal na nga kasi Acceptable

normal na nga kasi”

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“masyadong conservative
ang mga Filipino ‘pag
dating sa mga ganyan” Masyadong Conservative
conservative and mga
Filipino
“sa pag dating sa film..

nagiging normal na talaga
ang mga paggamit ng
swearwords.”
Nagiging normal na Acceptable
talaga ang mga
paggamit ng swear
words
Table 8 was able to produce 15 codes in correspondence to the identified themes.
As the participants’ responses about when people swear, the participants perceive the
research subjects through codes that appeared repeatedly which were Codes 5, 6, 7, and
14 which are the Acceptable, Awareness, Guidance, and Limited.
FGD AGENDA 3: Opinion upon the movie using swear words like “Tililing”?
RESPONSES KEY PHRASES THEME
Response 1:
“I feel like using swear It’s inappropriate Unacceptable

words in the film na sa
tililing is for me it’s
inappropriate.”
“sa tililing kase I believe

na ang pinofocus ni Daryl
Yap is all about raising All about raising awareness Awareness

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awareness when it comes

to mental health”
“dapat you should be

sensitive enough to use Sensitive enough to use words Awareness
words na pwedeng maka na pwedeng maka trigger ‘don
trigger ‘don sa tao” sa tao
Response 2:
“yong mga swear words

na ginamit nila dito ay..
for me, it’s okay lang din” okay lang din Acceptable
“Daryl Yap ay he is more

on to ‘yong mga bagay na
hindi sya yung.. parang
alam mo ‘yong tinatago he’s not into sho-sugar coating Non-sugar coated
‘yong alam mo ‘yong
anong term don sa.. he’s
not into sho-sugar
coating”
Response 3:
“sa movie na “Tililing”

parang inappropriate sya
kasi ‘yon nga sa context Sa movie na “Tililing” parang Unacceptable
palang inappropriate na inappropriate sya
sya including our mental
ano ahh..”
Response 4:
“Tililing kase napaka Napaka hindi normal na hndi Unacceptable

hindi normal na hindi dapat pinapalabas basta basta
dapat pinapalabas basta
basta sa TV like parang

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pang movie lang sya”
“pwede pala naman yun,

pwede naman palang
magmura kahit saan”
Pwede pala magmura kahit saan
Acceptable
Response 5:
“for me ano sya, strategy Strategy din na.. na parang bago Strategy
nga sya, strategy din na.. na bagong genre
na parang bago na
bagong genre,”
“words lang naman yun e Parang expression lang naman Expression

parang expression lang ‘yon e, normal lang naman ‘yon
naman ‘yon e, normal e
lang naman ‘yon e”
Response 6:
“Ang- ‘yong mga.. ang Ang “Tililing” isa sya sa Interesting

“Tililing” isa sya sa interesting movie na inilabas ni
interesting movie na Daryl Yap
inilabas ni Daryl Yap”
Pili lang yung pwedeng

“pili lang yung pwedeng panuodan Awareness
panuodan, ‘yon nga kasi
nga sa- siguro sa content
nung palabas, sa mga
SPG”
“Tililing” kasi parang

“Tililing kasi parang ninonormalize nya don sa.. sa
ninonormalize nya don movie na mga paggamit ng Acceptable
sa.. sa movie na mga swear words
paggamit ng swear
words”

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“kaya ano.. guidance din Guidance din dapat ng mga

dapat ng mga magulang magulang sa mga pwedeng
sa mga pwedeng makapanuod
makapanuod ng mga Guidance
tulad ng mga bata.”
Table 9 was able to produce 8 codes in correspondence to the identified themes.
As the participants’ responses about when people swear, the participants perceive the
research subjects through codes that appeared repeatedly which were Codes 1, 2, and 3
which are the Unacceptable, Awareness, and Acceptable.
In tables presented above, there were constantly codes and themes used by six
participants and the summarization of the excerpt responses are presented. Table 7 was
able to produced 16 codes in correspondence to the identified codes and themes. As the
participants responses about when people swear, the participants perceive the research
subjects through codes that appeared repeatedly which were Codes 1, 3, 4, 10, 12, and
13 which are the Personality, Situation, Peoples’ reaction, Proper place to swear, and
Awareness. In the next table which was in table 8 presented above there were 15 codes
identified and has constantly themes that corresponds to their responses which are the
codes 5, 6, 7, and 14, the Acceptable, Awareness, Guidance, and Limited. While table 9
was able to produce 8 codes base on the participants’ responses about their opinion in
swear words and has three repeatedly codes 1, 2, and 3 which are the Unacceptable,
Awareness, and Acceptable.
FGD tables showed the different responses of the participants presented above;
thatwas an excerpt from the recording video when the researchers conducted the Focus
Group Discussion in online platform Google Meet together with the chosen participants.

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The table above shows their opinion regarding the use of swear words in
VinCentiments’ films which is the “Tililing” movie directed by Daryl Yap using the
five functions of swearing by Steven Pinker’s Theory (2007).
CHAPTER V
SUMMARY, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter conveys three different sections: summary, conclusions and
suggestions. In conclusions, two points are concluded from the results based on the
objectives of this research. In suggestions, some suggestions are given to some parties
related to the results.

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A. Summary of Findings
1. The first objective of this research is to identify the swear words uttered by
main characters in the movie. The researchers found out that each character in the movie
uttered different functions of swearing in their interaction with other characters.
2. The second objective is to determine the function of swear words in Tililing
movie. All functions of swear words appeared in the utterances spoken by the main
characters in Tililing movie. From the tables presented, it can be noticed that the most
dominant function used by the characters is abusive swearing which appears 35 times
(46.05%). Then, the second highest frequency is dysphemistic swearing, which appear
14 times (18.42%) and emphatic swearing which appear 11 times (14.47%). Finally, the
idiomatic swearing, which appears 9 times (11.84%) and the least to occur is cathartic
swearing which appears only 7 times (09.21%).
3. The third objective is to identify the motive or intention of using swear words.
Abusive Swearing becomes the most frequently used swear words because it is
considered as the most effective way to insult or offense someone. The least frequently
use of swear words is Cathartic Swearing.
4. The last objectiveof the study is to know the opinions of viewers about
swearing, swear words in films and swear words in VinCentiments’ Tililing which the
researchers conducted a focus group discussion. The researchers asked with open-ended
questions, fully transcribed it, and discussed it with no biased of participants’ responses.
B. Conclusions

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Related in the formulation of the problems in Chapter I, the findings and
discussions in Chapter IV, and the content analysis approach employed in this study,
some conclusions can be shown as follows:
1. Different functions of swearing are utilized in the way the main characters
swear in VinCentiments films “Tililing” movie. The functions of swearing which are
found in the movie can be classified into five functions using Steven Pinker’s (2007)
theory. They are Dysphemistic Swearing (DS), Abusive Swearing (AS), Idiomatic
Swearing (IS), b Swearing (ES), and Cathartic Swearing (CS), from the findings of the
functions of swearing, it reveals that Abusive Swearing is preferred function of swearing
employed by the main characters in the VinCentiments movie “Tililing”.
2. The duration of the movie is 1 hour 27 minutes and 55 seconds and the
swearing expressions they uttered are in the form of their way of speaking, although the
functions of those swear words may vary.
3. The reasons for the main characters of VinCentiments“Tililing” movie is to
swear exist as the parameters to determine and to identify the motives or intentions of
swear words uttered by the main characters. The findings of this study shows that
abusive swearing was the most influential function for the emphasis of the swear words
uttered by the main characters in VinCentiments “Tililing” movie.
4. The main characters of the movie “Tililing” has been accustomed to use
swearing expressions in their interactions with the different characters in the
Thus, swearing has become their way of speaking. It causes them to swear all the time,
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5. Therefore, although abusive swearing are the most dominant function for the
main characters in “Tililing” movie to swear the existence of swearing expressions,
main characters also used the different functions of swearing in the movie. In employing
the main characters' utterances under the five functions of swearing they are used to
provoke matters, insult people, denote expressions, emphasize something, and express
strong emotions. On the other hand, those 76 swearing expressions are dominant
functions of swearing of the main characters.
C. Recommendations
1. There are many other characters whose swearing expressions and utterances are
also worth-analyzing, such as the swearing of the other characters in the films, and
also the use of swear words by male and female characters.
2. Focusing on a particular aspect of swearing not just functions of swearing but also
types of swearing to develop a more in-depth understanding of the behaviors of
swearing.
3. This type of study can use other relevant subjects and different approach to fulfill
the proposed theory and to have a deeper analysis.
4. The future researchers are expected to understand that analysis is not only about
linguistics features. Thus, they have to study language aspects deeper and gain more
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5. Other researchers can use other approach like sociolinguistics approach to study the
connection between societal status and the usage of swearing. Swearing is not
occurring only in the films, it is also issued in social media, newspaper and radio.
6. Students of linguistics who are analyzing swear words would do well to focus more
on the words' functions, types and other aspects of swearing, which do not always
indicate that the speaker is trying to offend others. By calling one's name with
specific functions or types of banned phrases, they can be used to demonstrate
intimacy or to preserve a good connection in positive way.
7. Analyzing the story's context is imporant when researching language phenomena in
film in order to comprehend how culture affects language use.
APPENDICES
APPEDIX A. Swear Words uttered by the Main Characters.
NO. MAIN CHARACTERS Utterances (Swear Words)

1. Baron Geisler as “Peter” “Ha? Ano bang k*ntot? Masarap ba yun?”
2. Gina Pareno as “Socorro” “Anong mental? Bahay ko ‘to ul*l!
Hindi ako bob* ha?”
“Felipe! Mahal ko, babalik ako! T*ng-ina!
Tibayan mo loob mo!”
“Aking irog andito ako, ang minamahal mong si
Socorro. T*ng-ina!”
“Buksan mo ang pinto Felipe! Mahal ko,
Felipe! T*ng-ina mo Felipe! W*lang hiya ka,
p*tang-ina mo! T*ng-ina ka! H*yop ka! P*tang-
ina mo! T*ng-ina mo! T*ng-ina mo! Felipe!
Buksan mo ang pinto! Buksan mo ang pinto!”

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“B*bo!”
3. Chad Kinis as “Bernie” “P*tang-ina mo din!”
4. Donnalyn Bartolome “Ito po kasing p*tang-inang ito. Akala niya
as “Esperanza Balingit” ikinaganda nya yung pagfofalse eyelashes nya!
30 minutes akong naghihintay sa may kanto
nila!
“Muntik pa akong mapagkamalang p*kpok na
bibida sa porn!”
“Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!
Sh*t!”
“Papahiram mo din pala n*mo, t*ng-ina mo
ka.”
“Tabi! P*tang-ina mo ka! E halos ipakain mo
na nga sa akin tapos ngayon mag-aalala ka
kung maapakan ko?! T*ng-ina mo!”
“What the F! Ano yan?! Pinapatuyo mo yung
mga sh*t?”
“Oh sige, sunugin na nating yang bw*kanang
inang sh*t na ‘yan.”
“Pupunta tayo sa Tondo! Susunugin natin yung
mga p*kshit na ‘yon! Ano g?”
5. Candy Pangilinan as “E bakit nga daw ba ipapakita yan ni Ma’am
“Maricel Asuncion” Divine? T*nga!”
“Gustong-gusto ko ng umusad, guston-gusto ko
ng makatapos ha?! Pero hindi ko alam kung
makakaalis pa ako sa p*tang-inang ‘to!”
“P*tang-ina! T*ng-ina! T*ng-ina!”
“Di ba?! alam nyo namang minamaltrato sila
dito! Ang akala nila, kayo ang nagmamaltrato
sa kanila kasi p*tang-ina mo ang tigas ng ulo
mo! At p*ki ng ina mo ang tigas kasi ng ulo
mo!”
“Yung nakapatong yung bawal! B*bo! B*bo!”
“Alam niyo ba yung ano pa ang bawal dito?
Yung mga b*bo’ng katulad niyo!”
“Mamamatay na tayong mga p*tang-inang
panty niyo pa ang pinoproblema ninyo!”
“Oh! Heto p*ki ng ina mo! Ha! Oh ito suotin
mo panty ko!”
6. Yumi Lacsamana as "Jessa “Ano ba yang bunganga mo ano ba yang
Cawagas” hapunan mo t*e? L*ntek ka ha!”
“Oh! Hali ka dito dali! Oh pumili kana ng isa
it*e mo na yan…”
“P*tang-ina niyo, bitawan niyo ako! H*yop!”

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“Bitawan niyo ako! P*tang-ina!”

“Ay p*tang-ina mo! Panty ko yan magnanakaw
ka! Panty ko yan!”
“Thursday suot kasi ninakaw mong h*yop kang
bw*ka ng ina mo!”
“Oh oh oh oh! T*ng-ina! Jessa? Jessa ba
pangalan mo? Magnanakaw kang sh*ta ng ina
mo!”
APPENDIX B. Frequency of Occurrence of Functions of Swear Words in
Tililing Movie.
FUNCTIONS OF SWEAR WORDS

QUANITY
%
PERCENTAGE
NO SWEAR
WORDS DS AS IS ES CS
1. K*ntot 2 2 2.63
%

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2. T*ng-ina 1 7 2 3 13 17.1
%
3. Ul*l 1 1 1.31
%
4. B*bo 1 3 1 5 6.57
%
5. Walang hiya 1 1 1.31

%
6. P*tang – ina 1 11 2 1 1 16 21.05

%
7. H*yop 2 1 3 3.94
%
8. P*k-pok 1 1 2 2.63
%
9. Sh*t 9 1 3 1 14 18.
42%
10. Bw*ka ng Ina 1 2 3 3.94

%
11. Pak sh*t 2 2 2.63

%
12. T*nga 1 1 1.31

%
13. P*ki ng ina 2 2 2.63

%
14. T*e 2 2 2.63

%
15. L*ntik 1 1 1.31

%
16. Sh*ta ng ina 1 1 1.31

%
17. P*ki 1 2 3 3.94

%
18. N*mo 2 2 2.63

%
19. F 1 1 2 2.63
%
TOTAL 14 35 9 11 7 76 100
%
PERCENTAGE % 18.42 46.05 11.84 14.47 09.21 100%

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% % % % %
APPENDIX C: FGD QUESTIONS
FGD QUESTION 1: What is your opinion when people swear?
FGD QUESTION 2: What is your opinion about films that contain bad language and
lewd content?
FGD QUESTION 3: Opinion upon the movie using swear words in “Tililing”.

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APPENDIX D: FGD CODING THEME
CODING OF THEMES
Response 1
Code 1- Personality
Code 2- Mood
Response 2

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Code 3- Situation
Code 4- Peoples’ reaction
Code 5- Peoples’ interpretation
Responses 3
Code 1- Personality
Code 6- Daily basis
Code 7- Daily conversation
Code 8- Peoples’ norm
Code 9- Swear without restriction
Responses 4
Code 10- Proper place to swear
Code 11- Respect
Code 12- Awareness
Response 5
Code 13- Acceptable
Code 3- Situation
Code 14- Advantage and disadvantage
Code 15- Relief
Response 6
Code 16- unacceptable
Code 4- Peoples’ reaction
Code 13- Acceptable
Code 3- Situation
Code 12- Awareness
Code 3- Situation
Code 10- Proper place to swear
CODING OF THEMES

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Response 1
Code 1- Explore
Code 2- Rated Movies
Code 3- Platform
Code 4- Awareness
Response 2
Code 5- Acceptable
Code 4- Awareness
Code 6- Guidance
Code 7- Adult
Response 3
Code 6- Guidance
Code 8- Attention
Code 9- Real life
Code 10- Realistic
Code 6- Guidance
Response 4
Code 11- MTRCB
Code 4- Awareness
Code 6- Guidance
Coded 12- Utilized
Response 5
Code 5- Acceptable
Code 5- Acceptable
Code 13- Strategy
Code 5- Acceptable
Code 14- Limited
Code 5- Acceptable
Response 6

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Code 5- Acceptable
Code 15- Conservative
Code 5- Acceptable
Coding of Themes
Response 1
Code 1- Unacceptable
Code 2- Awareness
Code 2- Awareness
Response 2
Code 3- Acceptable
Code 4- Non-sugar coated
Response 3
Response 4
Response 5
Code 5- Strategy
Code 6- Expression
Response 6
Code 7- Interesting
Code 2- Awareness
Code 3- Acceptable
Code 8 – Guidance
THEMES RESPONSES
1 2 3 4 5 6
From FGD to Agenda 1

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Personality 1 1
Mood 1
Situation 1 2
Peoples’ reaction 1 1
Peoples’ 1
interpretation
Daily basis 1
Daily conversation 1
Peoples’ norm 1
Swear without 1
restriction
Proper place to 1 1
swear
Respect 1
Awareness 1 1
Acceptable 1 1
Advantage and 1
disadvantage
Relief 1
Unacceptable 1
Explore 1
Rated movies 1
Platform 1
Awareness 1 1
Acceptable 1 4 2
Awareness 1
Guidance 1 2 1
Adult 1
Attention 1
Real life 1
Realistic 1

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MTRCB 1
Utilized 1
Strategy 1
Imitated 1
Conservative 1
Unacceptable 1 1 1
Awareness 2 1
Acceptable 1 1 1
Non-sugar coated 1
Strategy 1
Expression 1
Interesting 1
Guidance 1
APPENDIX E: FGD RESPONDENTS’ ANSWER
Participant 1
1. What is your opinion when people swear?
Sige, ano, ahhh for me when people are saying swear words like ganon is I feel
like it’s their personality like okay lang sakin kase it’s their personality eh parang
who am I to judge them, kung ang personality nila is saying swear words, kase for
me it adds the mood to a certain sentence or scenario, ganon.
2. What is your opinion about films that contain bad language and lewd
content?
ahhh for me ang opinion ko about films that having bad language is.. just okay

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and it’s a good way of ahhh saying er.. it’s a good way of exploring things here in
the Philippines like one of the, one of the taboo issues here are ahhh the R18
movies like ganon, and kase ‘pag kase nag babad language or ang forte ay bad
language, it’s a indi film, it’s an indi film so for me kase mas pinag eeffortan ang
indi films nowadays and mas maganda sya. So, I feel like, that’s a, that a good
flatform for a.. alarm, ahh hindi ehhh for raising awareness of a certain taboo issue
dito sa Pilipinas.
3. Opinion upon the movie using swearwords like “Tililing”?
Next is, opinion upon the movies using swear.. ahhhh ito medyo ahhhh what do I
call this, I feel like using swear words in the film na sa tililing is for me it’s
inappropriate. Kase ahmm in sa tililing kase I believe na ang pinofocus ni Daryl
Yap is all about raising awareness when it comes to mental health, and for me kase
kung alam mo na ang nireraise mo is for mental health dapat you should be
sensitive enough to use words na pwedeng maka trigger dun sa tao like syempre
ang manonood non for example is a person who is suppering from, from a mental
health, and I feel like the moment that they heard a certain swear word, it might
attack their trauma and, I feel like its not appropriate for the movie.
Participant 2
Sige, for number one. Whats your opinion when people swear? So, for me actually
it depends on the situation. Example, kapag galit kayo nagmumurahan example
kapag galit yung partner mo tas minura ka, nagmumurahan kayo sometimes may
ano na nasasaktan ka kunwari ah minura ka nya “putang-ina mo!” “tang-ina ka
talaga, mamataya kana” masasaktan ka syempre kasi partner mo ‘yong nagsabi
sa iyo nun. Ah, another example is pag magfefriends kayo and you’re talking about
something or nagkukwento ng kung ano mang mga jokes or nagrereact “ah talaga
sis!? Ay shit tang-ina mo, oo nga sis!” mga ganon, it’s okay lang naman and ahh-
actually syempre ahh reaction lang naman ng ng tao yung magmura and I
considered that a reaction ng tao lang din. At tsaka.. so, ang pinakang answer ko
dito sa number one it always depend on the situation at tsaka it depends din sa
ano.. interpretation ng taong nakakarinig.
2. What’s your opinion about films that contain bad language and lewd
content?
Ah okay so number two, okay proceed na ako sa number two. Okay so, what’s
your opinion about films that contain bad language and led content? Okay! Sa akin
okay lang naman sa akin dito. Ah.. na..iconsider na.. yung mga ganitong klaseng
lines, yung mga swearwords sa kanilang mga dialogues. Ma-na ipapanuod din to
ng kunwari mga bata siguro it’s not appropriate na panuodin to ng mga under age
ng mga eighteen pababa or mga sixteen pababa, fifteen pababa, twelve pababa kasi
syempre mga bata pa naman sila, they need guidance pa. But, if adult naman ang
manunuod nito it’s okay lang naman kasi.. you know ahh.. naiintindihan nanaman
nila siguro ‘yong mga ganung klaseng mga swearwords kasi sa sinasabi din
nanaman nila ‘yon.
3. Opinion upon the movies using swearwords like “Tililing”?

Ah, next is.. opinion upon the movies using swearwords like “Tililing”? Dito sa
movies, sa movie na ito.. ah.. I think na.. ‘yong mga swearwords na ginamit nila
dito ay.. for me, it okay lang din, okay lang din.. ayun.. kasi dito sa movie na ‘to..
tulad nga nung ano, si.. Daryl Yap ay he is more on to ‘yong mga bagay na hindi
sya yung.. parang alam mo ‘yong tinatago ‘yong alam mo ‘yong anong term don
sa.. he’s not into sho-sugar coating kung ano talaga ‘yong mga dapat words na
sabihan nung isang tao, ‘yon talaga yung sasabihin, you know, yung tamang
words na hindi naman kailangan gamitin yung synonym na parang yung synonym
word non na parang di sya masyadong offended pakinggan, yung parang ganon,

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siguro okay lang na iyun yung mga swear words dun sa movie.
Participant 3
So, what is your opinion when people swear? Ah.. dati.. dati kasi ah lalo na nung
mga nasa senior high pa ako.. ahmm, the typical reaction of me ay ano parang..
nagugulat, nabibigla tapos just like (name of the participant) ahmm.. when they
swear it reflects on their personality, pero nung naglipat ako dito sa Lucena and
ang bungad sa ‘kin ay (School name). Para syang ano parang naging swearing is
part of the daily basis of life, parang “putang-ina mo ang aga mo ah” ganon
parang nasa daily conversation na, parang palutungan ng pagmumura. And then,
nong lumipat din ako sa (School name), naging ganon lang din yung bungad sa
‘kin so, ano parang slowly, ay hindi naman parang slowly, agad-agad ko din sya
agad na- naabsorb na.. ano parang ganto it is a norm for people here na magmura..
na hindi sila.. hindi sila pinapagalitan magmura. Meron ding mga pinapagalitan
pero mostly hindi talaga sila pinapagalitan or never silang nakorekan kung bat sila
nagmumura. Kaya nagging reaction ko lang na salita ay “ah, okay” parang, you
can use or you can swear all day, you can swear kahit kausap mo ay kaibigan mo
sa ano.. sa kahit san, parang la- ‘yon nga sabi ko, parang nagging syang part ng
daily conversation na naging norm sya, na you can use it anytime, anywhere
wihout ah.. restrictions.
2. What’s your opinion about films that contain bad language and lewd
content?
Number two, what is your opinion about films that contain bad language and lewd
content? Ah, for me, films that contain bad language and lewd content is ano..
maganda sya para sa ‘kin but with moderation like halimbawa ay ano.. may
tamang patnubay at gabay ganon, ‘pag tayo’y naging magulang maggagabayan
ganon ‘di ba? Kasi ahmm pinakang nagustuhan ko din dito dati sa VinCentiments
lalo na ‘yong pinaka favourite ko sa kanila ay ‘yong movie na ano.. ‘yong kay- kay
Molina.. anong title non.. ‘yong Jowable, ‘yon yung pina-pinakang nakakuha ng
ano ng attention ko sa VinCentiments kasi.. it is a portrayal of real life
conversations na parang okay.. oo nga, like halimbawa nag-iinom ka wala naming
magsasabing.. para ba gang wala namang nag-nagmamalinis dito like parang
“putang-ina mo kaya nga ako nag-iinom e kasi wala akong jowa” ganon. Para
ba gang realistic line so therefore I understand na ah.. the main point of Daryl Yap
showing us films like this, videos like this, and movies like this is because ahmm..
he wants to portray reality and that is what people are getting. However, ahmm..
kumbaga’y ‘yon nga kailangan ng tamang patnubay at gabay ‘yon.

Oh number three, opinion upon the movie using swearwords like “Tililing”? Dito
naman sa “Tililing”, ahmm.. just like (particiopant’s name) said.. inappropriate sya
sa movie na “Tililing” kasi there are people who are traumatized on swearing.. and
there are also people who gets.. ano.. triggered ‘pag nakarinig sya ng swearing or
kahit na konting mura. Ahmm, meron silang mga, lalo na ‘yong mga.. may mga
ano.. post ano mga ano.. post traumatic experiences ganon. Ahh.. kaya para sa
movie na “Tililing” parang inappropriate sya kasi ‘yon nga sa context palang
inappropriate na sya including our mental ano ahh.. illed patience.. unlike don sa
movie na ano Jowable like a real conversation with a friend na.. ayun nagmumura
ka.. nag-iinom tayo, nagmumura ka, tha’s fine pero pag dating sa mental health
ahh patience parang inappropriate sya.
Participant 4
So the first question is, what is your opinion when people swear? Of course my
first reactions is dun sa lugar na pinagmumurahan kase nga may lugar na for public

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use and private use, pag shempre nasa school tayo at may nag mura, mapapatingin
ka, magkakaroon ka ng ahhhh bat may nagmumura ehh nasa school, pero kung sa
palengke din naman at saka dyan lang sa tabe tabe, okay lang kase ay mga sira ulo
mga tao dun kase tambay mga ganon, pero pag sinabi nating sa iba sa school ibang
usapan so kapag nakakarinig ako ng tao na nag seswear sa lugar na private, naiiba
ako ng tingin sabi ko ay walang pag galang sa ibang taong nakakakinig kase hindi
lang naman sila ang naandon, pero pag sa public, wala akong pakailam bala kayo
jan magmura kayo jan ng magura kung kailan nyo gusto, yung ganon, pero iba
parin yung feeling kase nakakatakot din pagbigla mo lang ayyyy, magmumura
mamaya mag bubug bugan na yan dahil nasa kalye diba oo yung ganon.
content?
Napakahalaga nito yung films na papanuodin kasi, hindi naman lahat ng audience
ay ah matatanda kaya meron tayong di ba ano bago ipalabas ang film bago
ipalabas yung, yung isang teleserye. Ano unlike other swearing meron tayong
Movie and Televsion Review and Classification Board o yung MTRCB, alam nyo
yung MTRCB sila yung nagsasabi, this movie is parental guardian, this movie is
applicable to all children, this movie is SPG strongly parental guidance kailangan
ng striktong patnubay, so gantong paraan magkakameron tayo ng ahm ahh yung
thinking kung ano nga ba dapat papanuorin natin so ito yung Tililing kasi hindi
naman sya basta pwede basta basta panuorin ng bata dapat may guide parin. Kaso
ngalang may nakakalusot since walang gabay ng parents or nakakatanda kaya yan
nagagamit rin na-a-apply rin ng mga bata.
Tililing kase napaka di normal na hindi dapat pinapalabas basta basta sa TV like
parang pang movie lang sya, pang isahang ano lang sya, pang isahang genre
halimbawa ito ay ipapalabas lamang hanggang august kase nga hindi sya yung
parang everyday use na everyday na palabas na pwede nating panoodin araw araw
kase nga nakakatrigger din sya ng ng ating mind, ay pwede pala naman yun,
pwede naman palang magmura kahit saan, tingnan mo agawan ng panty, pati panty
poproblemahin pa, talaga nga namang may mga sira talaga yung mga alam mo yun
kung titingnan natin kase yung tililing ay mga baliw nga sila, Ay pwede naman
pala maging baliw wala naman palang maging masamang maging baliw diba
ganun.
Participant 5
So, for my number one answer is what is your opinion when people swear?
Ahmm, sa akin, for me it’s okay lang magswear pero depende yun sa tao o sa
context o conversation kasi yung paggamit sa pagmura may iba’t ibang..
according nga dun sa functions may iba’t iba syang gamit. So, yung pagmumura
mayroon din naman syang advantage tsaka disadvantages. So, for me, sabi ko nga
depende sya sa tao or okay lang sya sa mga tao kung kakilala mo ‘yon or sobrang
kilala mo na talaga yung tao pwede ka nang magmura sa kanya kasi para sa kanya
biro lang ‘yon, or.. or nagjojoke kalang, parang form of joke mo lang din yun sa
kanya or biruan tapos para sa ‘ken din ha? Kung nakakatulong din sya para para
makam-makaramdaman mo yung relief, alam mo yung for example, ang dami mo
ng problema sa sarili mo tapos parang ‘pag minura mo lang sya “tang-ina! Pagod
na ako.” yung ganun. Parang ano, masarap sa pakiramdam yung nailabas mo din
yung.. yung ganun na the way na nagmura ka, para ano.. parang mawa- parang
maaalis yung pain mo sa sarili mo, so ‘yon yung for me, kasi ‘yon yung sagot ko
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content?
Yung number two.. normal na ‘yon, normal na yung pagswear kahit sa iba’t-ibang
bansa, sa ibang bansa, ibang movies, iba’t-ibang movies meron ng swear. Normal
na lang ‘yon kung sa tag-kung sa Filipino maraming nagrereact kasi nga pag
tagalog parang iba na sa pandinig-pandinig ng mga tao kasi.. sa most Filipinos
parang nakakarinig sila ng “Fuck!shit!” normal nalang di ba? Pero ‘pag nakarinig
ka ng “putang-ina” ganyan, lalo na kapag nanunuod mga matatanda parang
nagpipintig yung ano nila diba? ‘yong tenga nila kasi hindi sa kanila normal yung
mga ganung-ganung words. So, prang ano lang ito, yung-yung pagmumura is a is-
strategy din lalo na panahon ngayon mga millenials na.. na parang naaaccept na rin
nila yung mga ganung-ganung… tema, e kasi nga naman presidente nga naman
natin nagmumura, e ‘yong mga-yung mga ganun kaya di ba? Kaya ginagaya na rin
ng ibang tao, so parang nagiging normalize na din sya sa panahon ngayon.

Sa number three, opinion upon the movies using swearwords like “Tililing”? for
me ano sya, strategy nga sya, strategies din na.. na parang bago na bagong genre,
bagon-kumbaga nasanay na tayo sa mga, sa mga love, love life, horror sa Filipino
tapos ngayon nalang lumilitaw yung mga ganitiong eksena sa.. sa VinCentiments
movie kaya sya naging sikat kasi iba sya, iba sya sa mga nakasiga-naksanayan
nating mga Filipino lalo nung unang panahon kaya magandang ano rin to.. strate-
strategy din to tapos nagiging masama lang sya sa ibang tao kasi nga hindi lang
nila-hindi lang nila matanggap na sa panahon ngayon.. words lang naman yun e
parang expression lang naman yun e, normal lang naman ‘yon e, ano bang masama
dun? Kung makarinig ka ng ganun atleast, atleast matuto-hin-yung matuto nalang
sa sarili mo na maaccept ‘yong pain. For example, may nagmura sa ‘yo , yung
hindi yung nakakarinig nung mura anong mararamdaman mo? May mas-
madedeptress ka maiistress ka, magagalit ka, e paano kung nakasanayan mo na
‘yon, e diba parang balewala nalang sa ‘yo. So, may maganda din syang
naidudulot para sa ‘tin.
Participant 6
Okay number one, what is your opinion when people swear? Para sa ‘kin kahit
nagmumura ako masama pa din kasi ano hindi naman lahat ng ano, hindi naman
lahat ng pagsasabihan natin ng mura.. magiging maganda ‘yong reaction sa kanila,
kasi depende ‘yon sa magiging reaction ng sasabihan mo, masama pa rin kasi sa
‘kin kasi.. halimbawa, kinakasanayan na natin ‘yong pagmumura, kahit-kahit
kanino ‘yan masasabi mo basta sanay kanang magmura, kahit kaninong tao , kahit
hindi mo kaclose, kahit kaclose mo, masasabi mo ‘yan kasi nga kinasanayan mo e,
pero para sa ‘kin, masama pa din kasi alam naman natin ang pagmumura ay
masama ‘yon di ba? Pero.. pag-pagtagal na ng panahon talaga nagiging normal na
talaga ‘yong pagmumura pero ano.. i-ano parin natin, ilu-ilulugar parin, ilulugar pa
rin natin kung san, kung kung san.. ilulugar pa rin natin kung saan at kanino tayo
ano, kanino tayo nagsasabi ng mga swearwords kasi.. depende, sabi ko nga
depende nga ‘yon sa mga pagsasabihan mo, minsan ako kasi nagmumura ako ‘pag
alam ko ‘yong pagmumurahan ko, alam mo ‘yong magiging reaction, halimbawa
sa mga kaclose friends ko nga kasi normal na talaga ‘yon e. Sa mga informal
talagang conversational mo na talaga yung pag banggit ng mga mura e, pero sabi
nga nina (participant 2 and 3) nas-depende ‘yon sa sit-sitwasyon, ‘pag sa, pag sa
school, ‘pag sa mga formal occasion.. wala talaga, wal-dit-hin-hindi talaga
pwedeng gamitin pero talagang kailangan nating ilugar ‘yong mga.. paggamit natin
ng swearwords.. tsaka, ilu-ilugar kung kanino mo kailangan sabihin kasi nga hin-
hindi naman talaga.. halimbawa, kaw sinabihan ko ng swearwords.. kilala mo ako

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and alam mong normal na sa ‘kin ‘yong pagsasabi ng ganun pero sa ibang tao ‘pag
sinabi ‘yon pwedeng magkagulo, pwedeng .. maging,, ahmm.. may masamang
mangyari, masamang mangyari, ganun. ‘Yon ang reaction ko and para sa ‘kin
masama pa rin talaga ‘yon.
content?
And number two, what is your opinion about films that contain bad language and
led content? Ang para sa ‘kin is.. normal na nga kasi, halos la-halos araw-araw
naman talaga nakaka-nakakaencounter tayo ng mga swearwords kahit san, sa
paligid natin sa panunuod natin ng TV, vlogs, kahit san kaya nagiging normal na
talaga ang paggamit ng swearwords.. ahmm.. ano pa ba.. tungkol naman sa mga
films, sa English movie kasi ahmm, sa English movie normal na ang paggamit ng
mga swearwords kasi nga ‘pag nap- ‘pag napapakinggan natin sya, parang okay
lang, pero ‘pag tinagalog talag- ‘pag tinagalog na ang mga swearwords.. talagang
masamang pakinggan kasi tayong mga Filipino hindi naman tayo sanay makakinig
ng mga ganun sa mga pelikula kasi nga.. masyadong conservative ang mga
Filipino ‘pag dating sa mga ganyan, pero.. sa pag dating sa film.. nagiging normal
na talaga ang mga paggamit ng swearwords.

And number three, opinion upon the movies using swearwords like “Tililing”? ‘di
ba ang.. director nito ay si Daryl Yap? Ang- ‘yong mga.. ang tililing, isa sya sa
interesting movie na inilabas ni Daryl Yap, maliban don sa.. aside don sa mga
nabuviews na kanyang inilabas na movie kasi when Daryl Yap, dun sya madalas
nakikita, napapanuod sa TV pero nga as like ahm- as (participant’s name) said na..
hindi.. hindi lahat hindi lahatt ano? Hindi lahat.. hindi lahat.. parang pili lang yung
pwedeng panuodan, ‘yon nga kasi nga sa- siguro sa content nung palabas, sa mga
SPG or mga.. masasamang salita na mga binabanggit ganon, pero interesting talaga
yung “Tililing” kasi parang ninonormalize nya don sa.. sa movie na mga paggamit
ng swearwords pero.. sometimes ay nakakasama din ‘yon para sa mga batang
makakapanuod kasi nga ano marami ng pwedeng mapanuoran ngayon e, in just
one click in the internet you can watch the movie kaya ano.. guidance din dapat ng
mga magulang sa mga pwedeng makapanuod ng mga tulad ng mga bata.

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vocabulary without knowing until they become a natural response in a range of

language choices on other people's perceptions is poorly understood (DeFrank 2018).

According to Finn (2017), understanding why people swear is important for

of positive causes and purposes. However, nowadays, swearing appears to be

increasingly acceptable and widespread in our society.

Swearing can give the image of a negative attitude or immaturity, as well as

when people desire to achieve a certain purpose by swearing.

functions why people are uttering these words.

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films of VinCentiments in 2021, Tililing, in relation to the theoretical framework, Steven

Pinker’s (2007) functions of swearing.

Background of the Study

hear swear words employed by the characters.

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DALUBHASAAN NG LUNGSOD NG LUCENA

(Bartolome), and Jessa (Lacsamana), who are assigned to an asylum. Interns

continuous successions of their movies.

Tililing was ranked number two in Vivamax films by Popularity Ascending in

handle “bastos”, their films are raw, uncensored and hard-hitting.

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DALUBHASAAN NG LUNGSOD NG LUCENA

publications Pereña (2021).

Furthermore, the intriguing film immediately attracted the interest of viewers, as

VinCentiments’ official Facebook page on Wednesday, February 10th, amid controversy

critics that the poster would surprise viewers.

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DALUBHASAAN NG LUNGSOD NG LUCENA

Objectives of the Study

This study is sought to:

movie “Tililing” in terms of:

3. Identify the motives or intentions of swearing uttered by the main characters.

VinCentiments’ movie Tililing.

Significance of the Research

This research is expected to give knowledge about swearing to the readers in

the use of offensive language.

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DALUBHASAAN NG LUNGSOD NG LUCENA

As a result of performing this research, the findings provide readers with an

overview of swearing in motion pictures, which is said to be contentious in the country.

artistic perspective, but also from a cultural and linguistic perspective.

is a quasi-judicial governmental organization under the Office of the President

age when watching extremely censored films.

Filmmakers and Future Media Practitioners – Cursing appear to be increasingly

acceptable and widespread in our society. Therefore, this study is to raise

filmmakers' awareness as well as the Future Media Practitioners of specific

expressions in their regular contents that may be offensive or unpleasant to others in

particularly regarding the functions and motives of swearing. Furthermore,

filmmakers and future media practitioners must be aware of the responsibility in

selecting appropriate content for the appropriate audience.

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DALUBHASAAN NG LUNGSOD NG LUCENA

provides a practical model for applying theory on swearing as a linguistic

phenomenon in terms of language propriety in terms of swearing functions. To be more

Future Researchers – The research findings are beneficial in university contexts

because it provides a practical model of the application of theory on swearing to propriety

analysis is utilized as an approach to investigate swearing as a bad

related to language. The future researchers who are interested in

compare this study with their study in analyzing swear words.

Scope and Limitations

motherfcking son of a btch! Fck you asshle!)