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TAG QUESTIONS AS WOMEN SPEECH FEATURE IN GOSSIPING
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Woro Rissa Wijaya
112007122
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
TAG QUESTIONS AS WOMEN SPEECH FEATURE IN GOSSIPING
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Woro Rissa Wijaya
112007122
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
TAG QUESTIONS AS WOMEN SPEECH FEATURE IN GOSSIPING
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Woro Rissa Wijaya
112007122
Approved by:
Christian Rudianto, M.Aplling
Christine Manara, MA. ELT
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TAG QUESTIONS AS WOMEN SPEECH FEATURE IN GOSSIPING
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Abstract
The way of speaking between men and women are different. There were some features
usually appeared in women speech proposed by Lakoff (1975). As well as in gossip, women
speech features are also located. Then, it leads to a question, what women speech feature
appeared mostly in gossip. For that reason, the study was carried out. Next, the result would
answer the research questions: what women speech feature appeared mostly in gossip by
female students of English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University?
In this study, content analysis was used as the method. Theory from Lakoff (1975) would be
a base theory in the investigation of women speech features. The participants involved were
24 female students of English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University. Eight
gossips were recorded. When the transcriptions were done, the ten of women speech features
were analyzed. In eight gossips, not all women speech features appeared. Rising intonation,
empty adjectives, precise color terms, and superpolite forms were not appeared. Tag
questions followed by intensifiers appeared mostly in gossips where the participants got
involved. It was because the participant sought for agreement, opinion, or even information
and addressed intensifiers to make the story more vividly, show the strong emotion, and make
strong assertions. However, hypercorrect grammar rarely appeared because gossip had
informal situation.
Keywords: gossip, women speech features.