<![CDATA[This study investigates the women’s language features employed by the female protagonist in Skysphire’s novel Malioboro at Midnight (2023). The research aims to identify the women’s language features used by Serana Nighita Siviera (Sera) based on Lakoff’s (1975) framework and to examine their functions within the narrative. This study employs a qualitative descriptive design. The data source is the novel Malioboro at Midnight, consisting of 430 pages. The data comprise words, phrases, sentences, and dialogues related to the female protagonist. Data were collected through documentation and close reading techniques and analyzed using descriptive analysis. The coding process was based on Lakoff’s ten categories of women’s language features. The findings reveal that Sera employs seven of the ten women’s language features proposed by Lakoff. A total of 32 occurrences were identified, consisting of empty adjectives (28.1%), tag questions (18.8%), emphatic expressions (15.6%), intensifiers (12.5%), lexical hedges (9.4%), avoidance of strong swear words (9.4%), and superpolite forms (6.2%). No instances of precise color terms or hypercorrect grammar were found, while rising intonation was excluded because phonological features cannot be verified in written literary texts. The dominance of empty adjectives indicates that emotional evaluation and personal expression are central to the protagonist’s communication style.]]>
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