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Lakoff, in 1975 through her book entitled “Language and Woman’s Place” finds ten types of Woman Language Features p. 53. a. Lexical hedges or fillers According to Lakoff 1975, women like to use hedges of various kinds. Lakoff defines hedges lexical as words that convey sense of women’s uncertainty about what she is saying. In detail, she explains four different types of Hedges. The first is to express uncertainty such as you know, well, kind of. The second type is to sake the politeness as in hedge sort of. The next type is to express speakers’ truth of statement to attach listeners’ attention for example you know. The last is an introduction to declarations or question for example in hedges I wonder, I guess and I think. The hedge I guess shows impression that the speaker feels inferior Lakoff, 2004, p. 79. Furthermore, Holmes 2001 classifies sort of and kind of to be hedges while meaningless particle such as well, you know, you see and some pause fillers such as uh, um and ah to be fillers p. 103. In Holmes’ categorization, it can be seen that filler is rather about meaningless particle such as well, you see and the same category as “pause fillers” such as uh,um, and ah. b. Super polite forms Lakoff 1975 believes that a super polite form is about “leaving a decision opens, not imposing your mind, or views, or claims on anyone else” p.18. A request which is in the same sense as polite command is classified to PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI this feature because a request does not ask the addressee for force but rather suggests something to be done as willingness and favor. Sometimes, women are afraid of their image in society in which women are not supposed to use taboo words or strong swear. So, they prefer to make it finer. “Women are supposed to be particularly careful to say “please” and “thank you” p. 55. Lakoff says that the more particles in a sentence that reinforce the notion that it is request, rather than an order, the politer the result. As the illustration, she attaches examples happened in some simple requests and compound requests such as will you close the door? and will you please close the door?. c. Tag question Lakoff also argues that women change the statement into a question to avoid the tone of forcing. Tag questions which are added to the end of a statement, do not change the statement, although they seek confirmation. In this sentence John is here, isn’t he?. The speaker has already predicted the response but she needs confirmation by the addressee. Some tag question is stated only as “small talk”. As the example: Sure, is hot here, isn’t it?.In this sentence, tag question is used in case that the speaker knows well the answer should be and do not need confirmation. This type of tag question is used when the speaker might only want to make a small conversation para. 16. Another tag question is expressed to ask for addressee’s point of view. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI