most. By using the forms, she could show that a high position could not make her, as a woman, being arrogant and could not arrange her words appropriately.
4. Hypercorrect Grammar
Lakoff 1973 mentioned that hypercorrect grammar is the consistent use of standard verb forms. Hypercorrect grammar involves avoidance of coarse
language; more frequent apologizing and the usage of super polite forms are additional features Fillmore,et. al, 1974. In the selected videos, the researcher
found 18 hypercorrect grammar that used by Hillary. As a woman, Hillary also used hypercorrect grammar in her speeches.
In this study, the researcher analyzed the Hilary’s utterances that used English standard forms. There were some sentences that used hypercorrect
grammar in the selected videos. The researcher found 18 sentences used hypercorrect grammar forms. The one of evidences was found in the tenth video,
in statement [11].
[11] “And, you know, I used to complain to my -- to the -- to the men I was running against. We would be meeting before debates and Id say,
you know, its really unfair, you guys get up, you take a shower, you shake your head and youre ready.”
At that time, Hillary was asked by Amanpour, did Hillary resist being personal because she is a woman and she thought about being a woman and how should a
woman be. Hillary’s answer was she does believe that a woman in any high public position is always constantly being judged and that woman then can fall into what
is a kind of bad habit of constantly editing herself, instead of thinking about what PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
she is trying to say, what she is trying to do. Sometimes, the women do worry about the entire personal problem, all the personal stuff that goes with hair and
makeup and clothes. Hillary told her experiences that were related to the current topic about
being a woman. In statement [11], Hillary used hypercorrect grammar form when she was speaking with someone, a man, who might she did not know before. So,
Hillary used hypercorrect grammar form in her utterance to show the politeness. The other evidence was found in the first video, in statement [12] and
[13]. In that video, Hillary gave her speech about criminal justice reform in Colombia University. Statement [12] and [13] were uttered by her when she was
talking about the chance given for her to help celebrate the legacy of one of New Yorks greatest public servants. She tried to express her feeling when getting that
chance. Indeed, the situation was formal situation so she used Standard English to express her feeling.
[12] “So 14 years later, Im honored to have this chance, once again, to help celebrate the legacy of one of New Yorks greatest public servants.”
[13] “I was pleased to address the Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum in my first year as a senator, and I so appreciated then as I have in
the years since Davids generosity with his time and most of all his wisdom.”
Overall, Hillary used hypercorrect form in her utterances that found in the videos. The researcher believed that she used that forms to make her speech
more communicative and she wanted to look as professional person. Indeed, she PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
had high position in government of America and she mostly used Standard English when giving formal or informal speech.
5. Rising Intonations in Declarative Statement
