LANGUAGE STYLE IN KINGS SPEECH MOVIE.

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LANGUAGE STYLE IN KING’S SPEECH MOVIE

A THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra

By

EMILYA SOMIA

Registration Number: 082222810005

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS

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DECLARATION

Except where appropriately acknowledged, this thesis is my own work, has been expressed in my own words and has not previously been submitted for assessment.

I understand that this thesis may be screened electronically or otherwise for plagiarism.

Medan, September 2012

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Emilya Somia was born in Tanjung Pura, on July 18th 1990, as the first child. After she finished his study in SD Negeri 050692 (2002), SMP Swasta Ampera (2005), and SMA Negeri 1 Padang Tualang (2008), she continued her study in State University of Medan, Faculty of Language and Arts, majoring English and Literature.

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ABSTRACT

Somia, Emilya. Reg. No 082222810005. Language Style in King’s Speech Movie. A Thesis, English Department Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan, 2012.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, I would like to express my deepest thanks and

praise to the one above all of us, Allah SWT, who blesses me by

giving ability, knowledge, strength and health to finish this

research as a partial fulfillment of the requirements to obtain the S1

Degree of Sarjana Sastra at the English Department, Faculty of

Languages and Arts, State University of Medan.

In finishing this thesis writer has been helped by many

people, therefore in this occasion she would extend her sincere and

special thanks to

 Prof. Dr. Ibnu Hajar Damanik, M.Si. the Head of State

University of Medan.

 Dr. Isda Pramuniati, M.Hum. the Dean of Faculty Languages

and Arts State University of Medan.

 Prof. Dr. Hj. Sumarsih, M.Pd. and Dra. Rahmah, M.Hum. both

as the Head and the Secretary of English Department.

 Dra. Meisuri, M.A. the Head of Applied Linguistics for all

suggestions and administrative help during her study and time in

conducting this thesis, her thesis consultant for her advices,

constructive comments and her previous time in making

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 For all lecturers throughout her academic years at the State

University of Medan who have shared their knowledge.

 Sofian and Jumiati. her beloved parents who has patiently given

moral, spiritual and financial support including the endless love

and pray for her. Thanks for everything mom and dad.

 Her beloved brother and sister, Rangga Pra Yogo and Ega Widya

Putri. for their support and cares.

 Her beloved and close friend during completing this study Ridha

Rehana, Adhy Kurnia Putra Fasril, Ulfian Haitami. for laugh, support, advices, and understanding her.

 Her beloved friend during completing this thesis, There, Silvia and

also to her classmates, Maysyaroh, Sina, Ami, Wilda, Helli, Fitri, Ria, Lestari, Tina, Anton, Manna, Mario, Agus, James, Melina, Roy, Ruth, Tohom, Wira and all classmates in Applied Linguistics A 2008 that she cannot be mentioned thanks for the

support and advices.

 Her beloved playmate Putri Sri Rezeki, Ratna Juita, Siti Nurita,

Mekar Sari (PREMS) for tears, laugh, support, loved, pray and understanding her.

 Thanks to Mam Enda and Mam Indri who helped in

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The writer admits that this thesis is still far from being

perfect. Therefore, she would like to invite the readers to give

some suggestions for the improvement in the future.

Medan, Augustus 2012

The writer

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LIST OF TABLES

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Table 2.1 Description of Five Language Style ... 13

Table 4.1 The Total Number and Percentage of The Types of Language

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendices

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Appendix A Analysis of Language Style ... 39

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. The Background of the study

All human beings need languages for communication either in spoken or

written. It cannot be separated from human life. It has so many interrelationships

with aspects and it also indicates the existence of human being. One of the

characters of human beings is the ability to communicate with every aspect of the

activity.

Language plays a crucial role and a vital role in human life and also has

many advantages of many various aspects of human life. By language, people are

able to interact and communicate one another for whatever they do. The usage of

language itself influenced by many factors such as the expansion of period, the

social factors (gender, education, age, occupation, racial and ethnic, environment).

The relationship between language and society puts forward a field of

study called sociolinguistics. It is the study of relationships between language and

society with the goal being a better understanding of the structure of language and

how languages function in communication.

Style is well known as variety of language, the way individuals speak

varies not only according to their original and social dialects but also according to

the context. The distinctive manner in which people express themselves in a

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a message. The using of style will influence the meaning and certain due to the

situation.

Aini (2003) in his journal Language Used in Business E-mail, based on

Joos’ theory found that there are two types of language style in Language Used in

Business E-mail and formal language is the most dominant type. Formal language

is communication between company and their costumer by using e-mail. It is not

only to promote the product but also give information.

Another journal that uses language style is Pattern of Speech

Accommodation and Lexical Formality in Telephone Conversation of Persian

Native Speaker (Dabagh & Mirzain, 2010). They focus in telephone conversation

of Persian native speaker. They want to know what the native speaker use. After

the analyzing the data, they found three kinds of language style in telephone

conversation such as, formal, consultative and casual. The consultative style is the

dominant kind of language style that is found in the telephone conversation,

because there is a lot back-channeling.

In this modern era, movie is set there have been many shift and changes in

culture and society, as well as advances in media technology. There have been

also the ways we use language, in term of grammar vocabulary ad accent. English

is language that evolving all the time under a wide range of influenced. The

challenge for the movie maker is to present day, yet still makes sense to the

modern viewer.

All human use language style in daily life speech and communication. A

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because movie is actually a representation of real conversation in natural society.

Especially movie is one of the medium where to found form of language style.

The making of movie is also has a social dimension for several reason. Movie

makers are member of society. Every movie has unique style. It can show from

the dialog of the character in the movie. Every character has the different of the

style when they speak, especially of the antagonist or protagonist.

The writer takes King’s Speech movie to represent the different use of

language style. King’s Speech is the true story of Bertie. Bertie who has suffered

from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King

Speech was a major box office and critical success. The King’s Speech won seven

British Academy Film Awards for the best picture, best actor, best supporting

actor, best supporting actress. The writer chooses Colin Firth plays as “Bertie”

because he is the reflection of King’s Speech Movie and tells about George VI.

In this thesis, The writer analyze the five language styles, style is

essentially to do with an individual’s use of language (Lee, 2001:45). Those are

frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate style found in King’s Speech

Movie. We have known the styles of language are parts of language variation that

are used for specific purpose. Frozen style is a variety used in the most formal,

solemn situation in official celebration. For example of frozen style in this movie,

“Yes, my lord”. Formal style is the variety used in formal speeches and meeting.

For example, “Would you help me?”. Consultative is variety appropriate in

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used in simple situation. For example, “Not finished yet”. Intimate style is the

variety used among members of family. For example, “Dear honey”.

It is important to study language style in movie because the study made

the readers saw the usage of language style in movie not only in their

communication. The way individuals speak varies not only according to their

original and social dialects but also according to the context. The distinctive

manner in which people express themselves in a particular situation is referred to

as style.

Every movie has unique style. It can show from the dialog of the character

in the movie. Every character has the different of style when they speak,

especially of the antagonist or protagonist.

From the explanation above, the writer take a movie to represent the

utterances that are usually used in human life because movie is actually a

representation of real conversation in natural society. Especially movie is one of

the medium where to found form of language style. The making of movie is also

has a social dimension for several reason. Movie makers are member of society.

Since the time in which the movie is set there have been many shift and

changes in culture and society, as well as advances in media technology. There

have been also to the way we use language, in terms of grammar vocabulary and

accent. English is a language that is evolving all the time under a wide range of

influences. The challenge for the movie maker is to present a version of the past

that seems different enough from the present day, yet still makes sense to the

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After the death of his father King George V, Bertie (Colin Firth) who has

suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned

King George VI of England.With his country on the brink of war and in desperate

need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth, the future Queen Mother, arranges for her

husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue. With the support of

Logue, his family, the King will overcome his stammer and deliver a

radio-address that inspires his people and unites them in battle. Based on the true story

of King George VI,The King’s Speech follows the Royal Monarch's quest to find

his voice.

B. The Problems of the Study

Since movie as a literary work is contains special language styles, the

problem of the study can be stated as follows:

1) What types of language style are used in King’s Speech Movie?

2) What is the dominant type of language style used in King’s Speech Movie?

3) What does the dominant mean?

C. The Scope of the Study

The study is limited to utterances of the major character: Bertie or George

IV in the King’s SpeechMovie script and the writer uses Joos’ theory (1967). Joos

divided Language Style into five types such as frozen, formal consultative, casual

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D. The Objectives of the Study The objectives of the study are:

1) to find out the types of language style are used in King’s Speech Movie.

2) to find out the most dominant of language style used in King’s Speech Movie.

3) to explain what does the dominant mean.

E. The Significance of the Study

The result of the study hoped to be useful for:

1) Student of the English Department who study Language Style to help them

understand and comprehend it and enrich their knowledge about types of

Language Style.

2) Other researcher who want to do some researcher about Language Style as a

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CHAPTER V

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

A. Conclusions

After analyzing types of language style in King’s Speech Movie, the

conclusions are presented as follows:

1) There are five types of language style: they are frozen, formal,

consultative, casual, and intimate. All of the types are used in

King’s Speech Movie. The total of language style occurrences are

339 (100%) with deals as follow: frozen is 15 (4,4%), formal is 62

(18,2%), consultative is 187 (55,1%), casual 71 (20,9%) and

intimate is 4 (1,1%).

2) The most dominant type of language style in Bertie’s utterance is

consultative. This is because the style is the central point in the

system of language style and typically of this style is dialogue,

thought formal enough that words are chosen with some care. .

3) From the previous analysis, it can be seen that language style are

generally used in the movie. It means that consultative style is

uttered when the actor wants to give the information in an

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B. Suggestions

Referring to the result of this research, the following suggestions are

forwarding:

1) Students of the English Department are advised to study more

about language style to help them understand and comprehend it

and enrich their knowledge about types of language style,

especially in movie.

2) Other researcher as reference for the further research to analyze

the types of language style as a comparison. This study can help

the further research to be more understand clearly how

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