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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter consists of two sections. They are conclusions and suggestions. The first is conclusions, which summarize the research findings
proposed. Then, the second section is suggestions, in which several matters suggested to other researchers, linguistic students and also lecturers are presented.
A. Conclusions
Based on the research findings and discussions concerned with gossip among female characters in Gossip Girl Season 1, there are three main
conclusions that can be drawn. First, with regard to the data analysis dealing with the types of gossip, the
female characters in the TV series perform four types of gossip: house talk, scandal, bitching and chatting. The most dominant one is chatting since it is the
most intimate type of gossip. Many women who have close friendships use chatting to deliver their gossip. On the other hand, the type of gossip having the
lowest rank in the occurrences is scandal. It has the lowest occurrences since the female characters of Gossip Girl Season 1
rarely judge other women’s behaviour. Second, in terms of speech features of gossip, female characters in Gossip
Girl Season 1 apply four speech features of gossip: meaningless particles, neutral words, tag questions and requests. Here, the most dominant speech features of
gossip is neutral words. This speech feature occurs in the research because the female characters want to point out the important things from the gossip and to
continue explaining what happens in the gossip, so they use the neutral words in
the forms of adjectives. Lastly, the speech feature that is not used by female characters in Gossip Girl Season 1 is requisite information which allows the
speaker to give the listener the decision in the speech. Finally, dealing with the functions of gossip, there are five functions of
gossip. They are to provide information, to give entertainment, to enhance friendship, to influence others and to make social comparison. The first rank is to
provide information since the basic purpose in gossiping is to deliver information to other women. Women like to have the updated information, so they mostly try
to find gossip. On the other hand, there is the function of gossip as to make social comparison that has the lowest rank because the female characters do not compare
and evaluate things around their life. They are confident with their personality and identity.
B. Suggestions
Considering the conclusions drawn above, the suggestions are proposed as follows.
1. To other researchers
Many movies portray the phenomenon of gossip. However, they do not provide enough data to be the data source. Fortunately, Gossip Girl Season 1
provides enough and credible data which can represent the phenomena of gossip. However, this research only studies the types, speech features and functions of
gossip. Therefore, it is a good chance for other researchers to do a further study, especially in exploring the phenomena of gossip.
2. To linguistics students
It is important for the linguistics students to acknowledge the language phenomena, especially the phenomenon of gossip. Therefore, the researcher
suggests more students to conduct research in sociolinguistics, especially on the relation of language and society.
3. To the lecturers
It is expected that this result can give additional knowledge about how the language is related to society, especially in gossip topic. Moreover, the research
also hopefully gives additional examples of the gossip topic.
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