GHAPTER I INTRODUCTION - A study on the "Lilin" monologs of the EBS FM radio announcers with a special reference to the topics, word choice and hedges - Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Repository

GHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study
Besides affecting people to be different from
another,

age, gender. social class, and ethnic group can

also affect
same.

peo~

to speak in different ways even in the

context

mentioned

(Coates

1986:4).

of

society.



To

asserts

pronunciation
Ventre

of

the

aspects
to

speak

is gender. Holmes (188