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can be shown from the emphatic stress he used. It is because the emphatic stress shows someone’s attitude toward something or someone where other people can
have other points of view.
5. Hypercorrect Grammar
Hypercorrect grammar is related to the superpolite form feature. Lakoff 1975 stated that hypercorrect grammar is the consistent use of standard verb
forms. Agreeing with Lakoff, Holmes 2001 also stated that women are subordinate to men, so that they must avoid offending them and should speak with
standard forms. According to Pan 2011, hypercorrect grammar involves an avoidance of terms considered vulgar or coarse as ain’t and use of precise
pronunciation such as sounding the final g in words such as going instead of the more casual goin’. Instead of saying the word ain’t or goin, women prefer to use
the formal forms of those word like is not, are not, am not for ain’t or getting for getting’.
Based on the data classification, there are 25 hypercorrect grammar features that appears in Kurt
’s utterances from some episodes. The researcher provides some evidences of hypercorrect grammar used by Kurt that can be found in the seventh,
twelfth, and twentieth episodes.
[16] KURT: [She told me if I eve
n talked to one of Mr. Shue’ s kids that
she would shave my head.] [17] KURT: [Based on my investigation, I am of the opinion that a
yearbook photo would only fuel the flames of anti-glee-club terror.] [18] KURT:
Don’t worry roomie. Mr. Ikea Catalog and I will have this all
figured out. [I am going to put together a palate that expresses who you are and who I want you to be.]
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It can be seen from the three excerpts above that Kurt keeps using the standard verb forms in his utterances. He uses it even when he speaks to his friends in a non-
formal situation. The researcher assumes that Kurt does not want to look rough. From those three excerpts, the researcher also finds out that Kurt chooses not to
abbreviate some words like she would into she’d and I am into I’m. It occurs not only in those three excerpts but almost in all Kurt’s utterances. In the excerpt [18],
when Kurt talks to Finn about their shared room as a step-brother to be, he also uses standard verb forms. Instead of using a non-formal form of going, he preferred to
use the formal one. According to Lakoff 1975, women tend to use the hypercorrect grammar
because in society, they are not allowed to talk harshly. Women tend to avoid using terms that are considered vulgar or coarse Pan, 2011. Kurt is trying to keep his
attitude in front of people and does not want to look rough which can damage his reputation. Here, the researcher finds an indication that Kurt applies hypercorrect
grammar in his speech in order to keep his good reputation in society. Therefore, he tries to use the right and polite form so his society will recognize him as a good
person.
6. Raising Intonation on Declaratives
Lakoff 1975, p. 17 claims that, “there is a peculiar sentence intonation pattern, found in English as far as I know only among women, which has the form
of a declarative answer to a question, and is used as such, but has the raising inflection typical of a yes-
no question, as well as being especially hesitant.” In Glee PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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Television Series Season 1, Kurt Hummel applies this feature in his speech and it appears 12 times or in 6.769 of his utterances reflecting women’s language
features. The researcher provides some evidence from the selected episode. The first evidence can be found in the fourth episode titled Preggers. The
raising intonation on declarative feature occurs when Kurt was auditioning for the role of kicker in the football team. The utterance can be seen in excerpt [19].
[19] KURT: That was good, right? FINN: Aha, yeah.
KURT: [That was good?]
Excerpt [19] shows how Kurt raises his intonation after he kicks the football. The ball that goes all the way through the uprights at a high velocity makes him
asks his friend, Finn, whether it is good or not and Finn says yes. Hearing Finn’s answer, Kurt raises his intonation when he says that was good? since he is still not
sure of what he has done. He applies it in order to ask for confirmation from his addressee whether his kick is satisfactory or not.
[20] KURT: So, [they just kicked her out?] FINN: Yeah. Gave her half an hour to pack. Father set the timer on
microwave.
The second evidence can be seen from the excerpt [20]. It is taken from episode tenth from Glee Television Series Season 1. When Kurt and Finn are talking about
Quinn, Kurt raises his intonation when he says they just kicked her out? to get a confirmation from Finn about Quinn’s condition.
Raising intonation on declaratives is also found in the eighteenth episode. He applies it when Kurt’s father talked to Kurt that it was hard to do things together
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