摘要：This study analysed the swear words that were used by the main character Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street movie. Data, consisting of 322 occurrences of swear words, were collected from the movie. The data source was the transcripts of The Wolf of Wall Street movie and discourse analysis was applied in this study to identify the language use in the movie. The data were analysed based on Pinker’s (2007) typology. Results showed that Jordan Belfort used five types of swear words, namely descriptive (twelve times; 3.7 per cent), idiomatic (19 times; 5.9 per cent), cathartic (26 times; 8.1 per cent), abusive (29 times; 9 per cent) and emphatic swearing (236 times; 73.3 per cent).
关键词：main character; discourse analysis; language use; swear word; The Wolf of Wall Street
