A Sociolinguistic Study of Formal and Casual Language Style in the Film Crazy Rich Asians by Jon M. Chu

Rifah, Ulwiyatur and Fauzia, Fauzia (2019) A Sociolinguistic Study of Formal and Casual Language Style in the Film Crazy Rich Asians by Jon M. Chu. Bachelor thesis, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan.

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This research is entitled “A Sociolinguistic Study of Formal and Casual Language Style in the Film Crazy Rich Asians by Jon M. Chu”. The purpose of this research is to describe the characteristics of formal and casual language style and to describe the function of speaker utterance in using formal and casual language style which are used by the characters in the film “Crazy Rich Asians”. It is important to know the appropriate time and situation in using whether formal or casual language style in society because style can reflect people’s identity in their social life. This research is categorized as descriptive qualitative research. Crazy Rich Asians film is the subject of this research and the research object are formal and casual language style. The data are taken from the dialog in Crazy Rich Asians that contain formal and casual style. In collecting the data, the researcher used metode simak and noting technique. Then in analyzing the data, she used metode padan pragmatik. The research findings show that the characteristics of formal and casual language in the film “Crazy Rich Asians” style are listed respectively: The characteristics of formal style found in Crazy Rich Asians are the use of single verbs, no contraction, the use of formal alternative, complete sentence, and the use modal verb. On the other hand, the characteristics of casual style found in the film are the use of phrasal verbs, the use of casual alternative, the use of contractions, the use of discourse markers, the use of grammatical ellipsis, and vague language. The function of speakers’ utterance found in the movie are expressive, phatics, referential, directive, and phoetics.

Item Type: Thesis (Bachelor)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisi / Prodi: Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan) > S1-English Education (S1-Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris)
Depositing User: publikasi uad
Date Deposited: 28 Sep 2019 04:09
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2019 04:09
URI: http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/14930

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