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Kamis, 15 Januari 2009

AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE VARIETY USED IN THE DIALOGUE OF THE PERFECT MAN {THE MOVIE}

ABSTRACT


The objective of this study is to describe the use of language varieties and the factors which influence the use of language varieties in the dialogue of the movie entitled The Perfect Man.

The researcher applies a descriptive method and puts emphasis on describing the types of language varieties used in the dialogue and the factors that influence the use of language varieties. The data of this study were obtained from the dialogue of the movie entitled The Perfect Man. This research is classified as a descriptive qualitative study. Furthermore, the writer just took total of 79 samples, after the obtained data had been collected, he identified and classified and discussed the varieties whether or not they were influenced by some factors and finds what language variety is dominantly used.

The findings of the research are as follows: (1) The types of language varieties used in the dialogue of the movie entitled The Perfect Man are slang, jargon, register, standard language, dialect and non standard language. (2) The factors affecting the use of language varieties are relationship between the speaker and the listener, level of education, purpose of speaking (Concerning what), social background of the speaker (Who speaks), job/ occupation of the speaker, topic of the conversation, age of the speaker, and language variety dominantly used by the actors is register variety.


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