WOMEN’S LANGUAGE FEATURES USED BY SARAH SECHAN IN HER TALK SHOW

Authors

  • Maria Catharina Gustia Apridaningrum Sanata Dharma University
  • Patricia Angelina Sanata Dharma University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37147/eltr.v3i2.76

Keywords:

Sarah Sechan, women’s language features, talk show

Abstract

Every human being needs to communicate to each other. Men and women are different in terms of using a language or languages in their daily conversation. Women’s language proved that women tend to use language differently than men, it is  shown  in  features  they  use. Sarah Sechan is  one  of  well-known, multitalented, communicative, and creative presenters in Indonesia. It is proved by the words choices in her speech.  So, the  researcher chose  her  to  be  one  of the instruments  in  gathering  the  data.  Therefore, the  researcher build  a  research question  as  follows  : What  are  the  women’s  language  features  used  by  Sarah Sechan? The researcher used qualitative data methods by employing content analysis to answer the research question. There were 2 research instruments used in this research.  They  were  the  researcher  as  the  human  research  and  observation  sheet. In  this  research,  the  researcher  found  that  nine  features  were  used,  there were:.  48  empty  adjectives  (23.415%),  44  intensifiers  (21.463%),  35  features  of lexical hedges (17.073%).  18 features of tag question (8.780%), 16 hyper-correct grammar  (7.804  %),  15  features  of  rising  intonation  (7.317%),  11  Super-polite (5.366%), 9avoidance of strong swear words (4.390%), and 9 features of emphatic stress  (4.390%).

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Published

2020-08-07

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Apridaningrum, M. C. G. ., & Angelina, P. (2020). WOMEN’S LANGUAGE FEATURES USED BY SARAH SECHAN IN HER TALK SHOW. ELTR Journal, 3(2), 108-127. https://doi.org/10.37147/eltr.v3i2.76

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