Women’s Language in the Devil Wears Prada Movie Script By David Frankel

Authors

  • Ighfa Sakinah Yunnisa English Literature Study Program, Cultural Science Faculty, Universitas Halu Oleo
  • Arman Arman English Literature Study Program, Cultural Science Faculty, Universitas Halu Oleo
  • Neil Amstrong English Literature Study Program, Cultural Science Faculty, Universitas Halu Oleo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33772/elite.v3i1.945

Keywords:

Sociolinguistic, Woman’s Language, movie script

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate and describe woman’s language in the main character's The Devil Wears Prada movie script. The research question is “what are the features of woman’s language described in The Devil Wears Prada movie script by David Frankel�. The objective of this research is to describe ten types of woman’s language features used by the main characters in The Devil Wears Prada. The Source of this data is taken from a movie script. The method used in this study was qualitative descriptive to analyze the data of Lakoff’s theory. The data were taken from conversations uttered by the main characters of “The Devil Wears Prada†movie script. The techniques of data analysis were presented, describing, interpreting, analyzing, and concluding the data. Based on the discussion, the researcher found several conclusions after analyzing this movie script. The researcher found ten types of woman’s language used by the main characters in The Devil Wears Prada movie script there are lexical hedges fillers (3 data), tag questions (2 data), rising intonation on declarative (2 data), Empty Adjective (2 data), Avoidance of strong swearwords (3 data), Emphatic stress (2 data), super-polite form (2 data), precise color term (1 data), and intensifiers (2 data), and hypercorrect grammar (1 data) of the 20 data that are related to woman’s language found in this movie script. This proves that women’s language exists in the conversations between the main characters in this movie script.

References

Arliss (1991) reveals that “Generally, women seem to employ an extended vocabulary in referencing color, in expressing their emotions verbally, and in evaluating the worldâ€.

Aini, L.M. 2016. Women Language Used by The Main Characters Of “Mockingjay†movie. State Islamic University of Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang.

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Cameron. Deborah. 2003. Gender and English Language. London: Macmillan Press.

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Finerman, W. (Producer), & Frankel, David. (Director). (2006). The Devil Wears Prada [Motion Picture]. United State: Fox 200 pictures

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Published

12/09/2022

Issue

Section

Vol. 5 No. 1 June 2020

How to Cite

Women’s Language in the Devil Wears Prada Movie Script By David Frankel. (2022). ELITE: Journal of English Language and Literature, 5(1), Page 56 - 65. https://doi.org/10.33772/elite.v3i1.945

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