Abstract:
The study deals with the study of“Euphemism in the movie To Kill A
Mockingbird”. This study attempts to answer the two formulation of the
problems, namely: (1) what types of euphemism expressions used in the movie
“To Kill A Mockingbird, and (2) what functions of euphemism expressions are
used in the movie “To Kill A Mockingbird. In analyzing the types of euphemism
in this study, the researcher uses the theory of Euphemism and Dysphemism by
Allan and Burridge (2000). This study uses a descriptive qualitative method to
analyze the data in form of transcript containing euphemistic expressions used in
the movie “To Kill A Mockingbird”.Later the analyzing of the data started from
watching the movie “To Kill A Mockingbird” and also reading the script and then
selecting and marking the utterances or any expressions that can be identified as
euphemisms. The result shown in the movie “To Kill A Mockingbird” used
several types of euphemisms : 1 litotes, 1 cirlomcution, 5 hyperbole, 7 metaphor,
4 dysphemism, and 1 associative. The researcher suggests the next researcher
develop this research by using a diferrent object such as novel, speech, and also
from daily activity or daily conversation.
