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AN ANALYSIS OF WOMAN SPEECH FEATURES USED BY BELLA SWAN IN TWILIGHT BREAKING DAWN II MOVIE

Journal of Teaching of English · Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020) · pp. 109–114

ISSN
2548-6810
Published
2020-08-19
Publisher
Universitas Halu Oleo
Language
eng

Abstract

Many factors influence men and women use of language. One of them is gender refering to the role and responsibilities of men and women created in society. People use different language style while having conversations with different people from different social status in society. This study focuses on woman language features used by Bella Swan in Twilight Breaking Dawn II Movie based on Lakoff study (1975). Design of research conducted was qualitative research. More specifically, the researcher applied discourse analysis to analyse the data. Researcher used Lakoff theory (1975) and Holmes theory (1986) to answer the research questions. Based on data analysis, eight out of ten women speech features from Bella utterances were found in the movie, they were lexical hedges/fillers, tag questions, rising intonation, ‘empty’ adjectives, intensifiers, emphatic stress, ‘hypercorrect' grammar, and ‘superpolite' forms. Meanwhile, avoidance of strong swear words, andprecise color termswere not found in the movie. The researcher identified three functions of woman speech features used by Bella Swan. They were to express uncertainty, to soften an utterance, and to express feelings or opinion.

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  • Universitas Halu Oleo
  • Hasanuddin University
  • State University of Jakarta
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Rohmana RohmanaUniversitas Halu Oleo3
Hanna HannaUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Firdaus SaleUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Hamiruddin UduUniversitas Halu Oleo1
HidrawatiUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Hesti NurhidayatiUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Muh. Khusnun MuhsinUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Sri Mustika DewiAffiliation unknown1
Darlin DarlinUniversitas Halu Oleo1
La Ode NggawuUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Salfiani SalfianiUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Dwi Rezky SyamsuddinAffiliation unknown1
Sitti SuharniAffiliation unknown1
Nurnia NurniaAffiliation unknown1
Yulius Tandi SapanAffiliation unknown1
Inggit PrawidyaAffiliation unknown1
Hasnia HasniaHasanuddin University1
Mursalim MursalimAffiliation unknown1
Muhammad Khusnun MuhsinUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Siti Saleha MananUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Asti NanzairinahAffiliation unknown1
Yuli RahmawatiState University of Jakarta1
Muhammad Khusnun MuhsinAffiliation unknown1
Arwa ArwaAffiliation unknown1
Sitti AgustinaAffiliation unknown1
Ella AngrianaAffiliation unknown1
Syelin Nathan PareAffiliation unknown1
Budi SetiawanAffiliation unknown1
Rajabindra JayaAffiliation unknown1
Yasinta YasintaAffiliation unknown1
Wa Ode FatmawatiUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Andi Dina AnggrianiAffiliation unknown1

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