ELITE: Journal of English Language and Literature
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Vol. 5 No. 1 June 2020

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

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)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Dec 2022

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.

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elite

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Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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ELITE: Journal of English Language and Literature is a periodic academic publication that serves as the appropriate link to exchange any worthwhile and marvelous ideas in the realm of English language and literature. ELITE was established for the purpose of reviving and perpetuating academic ...