2.2.3 Concept of Mens Language
According to Coates, 1986 she said, there are three characteristic of mens language: overlap, interruptions, and dominance. Overlaps it means are instances of slight over-
anticipations by the next speaker: instead of beginning to speak immediately following current speakers turn, next speaker begins to speak at the very end of current speakers turn,
overlapping the last word. Interruptions could be violations if the turn taking rules of conversation. Next speaker begin to speak while current speaking is still speaking, at a point
in current speakers turn which could not be defined as the last word. Dominance is in a condition when male speaker is speaking to female speaker, male speaker tends to dominate
the conversation.
2.2.4 Conversation
According to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 2010 conversation itself has meaning an informal talk involving a small group of people or only two. People can talk
about some gossip, rumor, trending topic issues, exchange information, or sharing their experiences. It could be good or bad topic depends by person to other person.
2.3. Theoretical Framework
To support the analysis of this study, it is important to adopt a theoretical basis. Some theories regarding the principle of understanding the types of differences happen in both
women and men languages were dealt with. Considering that the analysis will base on sociolinguistic point of view, some theories regarding the difference applied.
2.3.1 The Features of Women Language
Lakoff in her book Language and Womans Place in 1975 claimed that there were certain features of womens language that gave the impression women are weaker and less
certain than men. There are features of womens language by Lakoff:
1. Hedges, e.g. you know, short of, well, you see Lakoff mention that there are a number of linguistic features were evidence of a
confident speaker. It can be divided into two groups. For the first, there are linguistic devices including lexical hedges, tag question, question intonations, super polite forms, and
euphemisms. Hedging devices explicitly signal lack of confidence. Women use hedging devices to express uncertainty. For the second, there are boosting devices including
intensifiers and emphatic stress. Boosting devices reflect the speakers anticipation that the addressee may remain unconvinced and therefore supply extra reassurance. Women use
boosting devices to persuade their addressee to take them seriously. It purposes to get attention from the addressee especially men so that they will be heard. Women are commonly
use you know, sort of, well, you see in their statements that show lexical hedges or filters often be used.
2. Super-polite Form, e.g. indirect request, euphemisms Women are supposed to speak more politely than men. This is related to the
hypercorrectness in grammar, since it is considered more mannerly in middle-class society to speak properly. Women are the expert at euphemism; more positively, women are
repositories of fact and know the right things to say to other people, why men are carelessly
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