WOMEN’S LANGUAGE FEATURES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THREE MOVIES WITH DIFFERENT YEAR BACKGROUND

Abstract

This research aimed to find out women’s language features that used by female characters in three movies with different year background such as: On the Basis of Sex (1950), Nine to Five (1980), last Bombshell (2010) and what feature differences are found among the three movies. This research focused on Lakoff’s theory about women’s language features and Irigaray’s theory (1993) about feminism. This research uses descriptives qualitative method to explain the data. Note taking was one of the research methods used to gather data. The result of the research found that there were seven out of ten types of women's language features in On the Basis of Sex, eight out of ten types found in Nine to Five, and six out of ten types found in Bombshell movie. Based on the research, a significant reduction is seen in the types of rising intonation on declarative, empty adjective, and super polite forms. The total of all types found from each year also decreased, and the least was found in the 2010 movie.