Abstract :

This article, is entitled The Analysis of Women’s Language Features and Functions Used by Women Characters in the Romantic Movie “6 Years”. It examines the types of women’s language features found in the movie and script entitled “6 Years”, as well as the functions that occur in women’s language features. The main theory applied in this study is Lakoff’s theory of women’s language features, along with Pearson’s theory of language function. The method used in this article is documentation and observation for collecting and analyzing data using the theories by Lakoff and Pearson. The analysis showed that the women’s linguistic features found in the movie include lexical hedges, rising intonation on declaratives, “empty” adjectives, intensifiers, super polite forms, and avoidance of strong words, and their functions include expressing uncertain feelings, expressing feelings or opinions, and softening an utterance. The women’s linguistic features uttered by women are not frequently shown in the movie because women could also use non-women’s language features.

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Keywords :

Language functions, Romantic movie, Women’s language features

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