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shows profanity that is not suitable for women and children Eckert Ginet, 2003, p.181.
The study of women’s language is aimed to reveal the changes of women’s language from femininity to masculinity. In order to answer research question
number two, the researcher used the theories of Eckert 2000, McElhinny 1995, and Morawski 1987. There are some factors why women change their language.
The first factor is community of practice. According to Eckert 2000, the community of practice is a rich locus for the study of situated language use, of language change,
and of the very process of conventionalization that underlies both. Community of practice causes the changes of women’s language.
The second factor is women in the profession. McElhinny 1995 notes that in moving into a masculine workplace, women did not adopt an empathetic and warm
interactional style associated with many traditionally workplace e.g., nursing, secretarial work, social work, as might be expected; rather they appropriate a
masculine identity in dealing with the public. Language changes spread through the social network of individuals. It meant workplace introduces changes in the way
women deliver a speech. The last factor is psychological approach. Androgyny as in psychological
approach, according to Morawski 1987, is a combination or balance of masculinity and femininity. It allows individuals to express both masculinity and femininity.
Androgyny can be applied by anybody as being flexible in the kinds of behaviors in
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which one engages sometimes more masculine in meaning, sometimes more feminine in meaning.
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