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WOMEN‟S LANGUAGE FEATURES USED BY MAIN CHARACTER IN JOY MOVIE BY DAVID O. RUSSEL
Fardiah Amalia Ardani. (2023). Women‟s Language Features Used By Main
Character in Joy Movie By David O. Russel. English Language Education Study
Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Khairun University.
Advisor: (I) Dr. Ali Ajam, M.Pd (II) Dr. Samsudin Hi. Adam, M.Hum., M.Pd.
This study aims to determine women‟s language features used by the main
character in the Joy movie based on Lakoff's theory. This study uses descriptive
qualitative method. More specifically, the researcher used the theory of Miles,
Huberman & Saldana (2014) which consists of data condensation, data display,
and conclusion drawing/verification to analyze the data and describe the findings.
Data sources were collected from the utterances of the main character from the
movie. The findings show that there are nine out of ten women‟s language
features used by the main character in the movie. They were lexical hedges or
fillers, tag questions, rising intonation on declarative, empty adjective,
intensifiers, hypercorrect grammar, superpolite forms, avoidance of strong swear
words, and emphatic stress. While precise color terms are not found in the movie.
Keywords: Main Character‟s utterances, women‟s language features, Joy (2015)
movie
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