1.2.The Research Topic
The topic of the study is about language and gender especially gender differences in the conversational topics and the amount of talk which are spoken by
men and women in Legally Blonde’s movie script.
1.3 The Research Problems
In Legally Blonde’s movie script, there are sociolinguistic phenomena about
gender differences in language, especially gender differences in amount of talk and topic-selections. The phenomena in the movie script show that men are sometimes
more talkative than women when they discuss particular conversational topics in mixed sex interactions. Otherwise, women are also more talkative than men when
they talk about particular conversational topics in mixed sex interactions.
1.4 The Research Questions
This research comes up with the three questions. The questions are: 1.
What kinds of conversational topics which are selected by men in mixed sex interactions in which they become more talkative than women in Legally
Blonde’s movie script? 2.
What kinds of conversational topics which are selected by women in mixed sex interactions in which women become more talkative than men in Legally
Blonde’s movie script? 3.
Why men are more talkative than women if they discuss particular conversational topics in mixed sex interactions in
Legally Blonde’s movie script and vice versa?
1.5 The Scope of the Study
To make this study more specific and precise, the study is focused on language and gender as one of the branches of sociolinguistics. Particularly, the
discussion is focused on the analysis of conversational topics which are spoken by the selected men and women in Leg
ally Blonde’s movie script and the reasons why men and women become talkative if they discuss particular conversational topics.
1.6 The Goals of the Study
This study has three goals. The first goal is to know the kinds of conversational topics selected by men who are more talkative than women when they
talk in mixed-sex interactions. The second goal is to know the kinds of conversational topics selected by women who are more talkative than men when they talk in mixed-
sex interactions. The third goal is to know the reasons why men are more talkative than women or vice versa when they discuss particular conversational topics in
Legally Blonde’s movie script.
1.7 The Significances of the Study
