AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE STYLE PERFORMED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN “THE PAPER CHASE” MOVIE

Radithya, Ramadhan (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE STYLE PERFORMED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN “THE PAPER CHASE” MOVIE. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Language style is a branch of sociolinguistic study that discusses the language used in society based on the situation that happen at that moment. The objective of this research is to find out the types of language styles and the most dominant type of language styles performed by the main character in ―The Paper Chase‖ movie based on Joos‘s theory, which there are frozen style, formal style, consultative style, casual style, and intimate style. This research is qualitative research, in which the data in this research is in the form of words and descriptions. The source of the data is taken from the movie and the transcript of the movie. The data were analyzed using the evaluation checklist table and the data frequency table. According to the analysis, the researcher found two hundred forty-two language styles performed by the main character, of which there are four of five types of language styles. There are thirty-five formal styles, twenty-six consultative styles, one hundred seventy-nine casual styles, and two intimate styles. The researcher also found that the casual style is the most dominant type of language style with one hundred seventy-nine utterances with a percentage of one hundred seventy-four percent. The researcher recommends that understanding sociolinguistics is crucial as language style is a subfield of it. The study can be a way to learn about language style. It is also recommended to analyze language styles used by other characters or to analyze other aspects in ―The Paper Chase‖ movie for future research. Keywords: Analysis, Descriptive Qualitative, Language Styles, Movie

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