ISLLAC : Journal of Intensive Studies on Language, Literature, Art, and Culture
Vol 7, No 1 (2023)

WOMEN’S LANGUAGE FEATURES OF A TOP WOMAN CELEBRITY

Nuha, Yasmin Saffana (Unknown)
Yatmikasari, Ika (Unknown)
Permanaludin, Udayani (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Jun 2023

Abstract

This study aims to examine the style of language that is often used by women. This study discusses the features of women’s language used by Lisa Blackpink in her interview on the Zach Sang Show YouTube channel entitled Lisa Talks Lalisa, Money, Blackpink, & More. Data of this study were analyzed using women’s language features theory by Lakoff (1975). The method used to analyze this research is a qualitative method with data taken from Lisa's interview with Zach Sang which have been transcribed. The results showed that Lisa used nine out of ten women’s language features proposed by Lakoff with a total of 167 data with the following details: 120 lexical hedges/fillers, 20 intensifiers, 5 rising intonations, 5 empty adjectives, 5 hypercorrect grammars, 4 emphatic stress, 4 avoidance of strong swear words, 3 super polite forms, and 1 question tag. Meanwhile, women's language feature that are not spoken by Lisa in her interview was precise color terms.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jisllac

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

ISLLAC Journal is an international journal that publishes the best works of intensive research and conceptual studies on language, literature, art, and culture. The first publication of the journal in 2017, in conjunction with international seminars of language, literature, art, and culture. The ...