IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature
Vol. 13 No. 2 (2025): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Lite

An Analysis of Language Styles Used by Gibran Rakabuming Raka in Political Interaction on Youtube Videos

Pandia, Yuly Enjelina Br (Unknown)
Pasaribu, Arsen Nahum (Unknown)
Pasaribu, Donna Ria (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Sep 2025

Abstract

This study disscuses the language style and aims to find out the types of language style used by Gibran Rakabuming Raka in political interaction 5 YouTube videos. This study is based on the theory of Martin Joos (1967) where the writer aplied the descriptive-qualitative method to get the data. The findings show that only four types used by Gibran Rakabuming in political interactions on 5 YouTube videos, such as frozen style, formal style, consultative style, and casual style. The writer also found 51 data which appropriate with the characteristics of language style in the 5 YouTube videos. They are 7 extracts of frozen style with 13,7%, 10 extracts of formal style with 19,6%, 27 extracts of consultative style with 53%, 7 extracts of casual style with 13,7%. The findings reveal that consultative style is the most dominant used than the other style because Gibran used the consultation sentences involved sharing information and the mention of visions, missions, and programs resonating and it is tended about characteristic of consultative style.

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ideas

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

IDEAS Journal is published twice a year in the months of June and December (P-ISSN 2338-4778 and E-ISSN 2548-4192); it presents articles on English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature. The contents include analyses, studies and application of theories, research report, ...