VOlUME 05 ISSUE 06 JUNE 2022
1Reza Bakhrun Fidianto Pade, 2Siti Rahmatia Ntou
1,2Transbahasa Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia
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ABSTRACT:
This research aims to analysis the differences between man and woman language features, specifically in the movie A Haunted House 2. In this research, the researcher focuses on the dialogues of two characters named Malcolm and Megan, who act as the main characters of this movie. The method that is used in this research is qualitative. The result of this research showed that out of 7 features in man language features, the researcher found 3 features and out of 10 features in woman language features, the researcher found 4 features. In conclusion, the language features between these characters are different and those differences are located in their dialogues. This research also showed that there are some language features which are used by the woman character in this movie adopted a small portion of man language features.
KEYWORDS:language features, men language features, women language features
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