A case study on the use of women's language features by female and male witnesses at court - Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Repository

A CASE STUDY ON THE

USE

OF WOMEN'S

LANGUAGE FEATURES ·BY FEMALE

AND MALE

WITNESSES AT COURT

A THESIS

As Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

For che Sarjana Pcndidikan Degree in

EnJiisb

Lanpaae

Teaching Faculty

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AGNES DYAH WUAYANTI

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UNI-VERSITAS KATOLIK WIDYA MANDALA SURABAYA

FAKULTAS

lCEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN

JURUSAN PENDIDIKAN BAHASA DAN SENI

PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INOORIS

APPROVAL SHEET

(1)

T!lis th~sis is entitled A CASE STUDY 0~ THE CSE OF W0:\1E~·s

LAXGUAGE FEATURES BY FEMALE ANTI ~t:\LF \\1Th"ESSES AT

COURT, prepared and submitted by AG1\"ES DYAH WTJAYAl'.IIT has been

approve-d and accepted as partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Sarjana

P~ndidikan Degree

in

English language Teaching by the following advisor:

APPROVAL SKEET

(2)

This thesis

has

been examined by tho! committee on mal examination

with

a grade

of __________________________________________________ ___

On

200t

Drs.S~Pd.

Chair Person

-Approved hy:

ACKNO\VLEDGE~fENT

It's a miracle that this thesis can be tinished after years of obstacles. That

is why the \\Titer should thank God first for His guidance throughout the years.

She would like also to express her appreciation to her family , v.ho has given her

big support in finishing the thesis.

She must thank particularly Dra. Susana Teopilus, !l.i.Pd. - the writer's

advisor - who has patiently read and helpfully assisted her on earlier draft wuil

the end of this thesis. The v.riter is also very grateful for the helps of the attorney

and clerk of the court in Pengadilan Negeri Surabaya who have willingly recorded

the testimonies.

The \'ITiter also gives thanks to l.:!er colleagues in the office, who

understandingly and cheerfi11ly supported her during

the

writing of this thesis.

This thesis might never be done without the attention and suppot1s of those around

the \\Titer.

TABLE OF CO~TENTS

ApproYaJ Sheet (1) ... ... ... ... .. .... ... ... ... .. .. .. ... .. .. . _,

i\pproval Sheet (2) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. .... ... ... 11

Ackno"·ledgement ... ... .. . .... ... .. ... ... .. . ... . ... iii

Table of Contents ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... .. ... .... ... . ... .... ... 1v

.4.bstract ... . ... .. .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. .

vi

Chapter I: Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... 1

1.1.

Background of the Study ... ... ...

...

Jv 1.2. Statement of the Problems ... . ... ... .... .. ...... 2

1.3. Obje(;tives of the

Study ... . ... ... .. . ... .... ...

2

1.4.

Significance of the

Study .. ... . ... ... .... .... ...

.3

1.5. Scope and Limitations .. ... .. ... ... ... ... ..... 3

1.6. Titeoretical Framework ... ... .. ... . ... -1

1.7.

Defmition of the Key Terms ... ... .. . ... . ...

...

-1

1.8.

Organization

of the Thesis ... ... ... . .. ... . .. . ... . ..... 5

Chapter II: Review ofthe Related Liter<~tur~ ... . ... ... ... .... fi 2 .1. The Nature of Sociolinguistics ... .. ... .. 6

2.2. Social Factors and Social Dimensions ... .... ...

/'1

2.3. Gender and Conversational Styles ... .. ... ...

.

9

2 . ~. Women's Language ... .. .. ... ... ... .. ... ... .... II

2 .5 Previous Studies . .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .... ... . ... . l.J

iv

PB RP IJ'il

Uni•c:rdw K •mllll l k

Chapter Ill: Research Methodology ...... 16

3 .1. The Nature of lhe Study and Design ... 16

3 2. The Subjects .. . .... .... .. ... . ... .. ... . .. .... ... . .... I"' 3.3. The Research lnstntments ... . ..... 17

3.4. The Data ... . . ... ... ... .....

r

J 5. The Procedures of Collecting Data ... ... 18

3.6. The Techniques of Data Analysis ... .. .... 18

3. 7. The Backgrolmd of the Subjects ... ... 19

Chapter lV: Data Analyses, Findings and Discussions ... ... ..... 20

4.1 . The Data and Data Analysis ... .. ... .. .. .. .... ... ..... JJ 4.1.1. The Analysis of the First Tesrimony ... .. ... .... J I 4.1.2. The Analysis of the Second Testimony .... 28

4.1.3. The Analysis of the Third Testimony ... JJ 4.1.4. The Analysis oft he Fourth Testimony ... .... -10

4.2 . The Findings ... .... ... ... ... ... ... . ... .. ..... .--12

Chapter V: Conclusion ... ... .. ... .. ... . ... -18

5.1. The Results of cbe Research ... .. ... .... -18

5.2. Suggestions ..... 50

Bibliography ... ... . ... . ... .... .. .. .. . ... ... .. .. .. .. ... ... ... .. 51

Appendices ... . ... .. .... ... ... ... . ... . ... . ... . .. .... 5:!

ABSTR\CT

Agnes Dyah \Vija_yanti. 2001. A

Case

Study on the Use of Women ·s Languag\!

Feamres by Female and .\'lale Wimesses at Court. Thesis. Program Smdi

Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Universitas Katolik \\'idya .\Iandala Surabaya.

Advisor: Dra. Susana Teopi1us, M. Pd.

Key words: powerless language, witness, and lack of confidence.

This thesis is a sociolinguistic study. Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and society, since language is a tool for conununicating to enter social life~ we cannot separate language fi·om society.

What is most interesting about sociolinguistics is that the study about the

backgrounds why each individual uses ditTerent way in speaking. Of course, the

differences also happen between male and female speakers. TI1erefore, the writer

is

interested in tl1is field and decided to conduct this sn1dv. Tl1e sntdv is intended

-

.

lo analyze

the using

of

po,.,erless

language by \\Omen and men

witnesses. Tile

writer tries to fmd out the factors that correlate with the using of powerless language d~'\lices besid~s tlle SJX'aker's gender and to find our whether it is true or not that women use more \\"omen·s Language devices i.n the way they speak than.

m~n. The ~ubject5 of the study are two male and t~.vo female witnesses who give testimony at Pengadilan i\egeri Suraba:y a. TI1e \virnesses come from di fleren~

social backgrounds.

Thij 5ociolingui~tic s.tudy based on the five theorie:;, namely { 1) the nature of :-;xiolinguistics, (2) S(lCial facl\.)rs and social dimensions, (3) gender and conversational style, ( 4} women's language and (5) previous stud it-::.

The data is collcct.;od through the tape re..:ordings that recorded rhe uia1s. Then the tapes are analyzed, based on the frequency distribution of pm-vedess language fcamres in the speech of the witnesses. After analyzing the data, the

writ'i!r dis~11sses the findings ofrhe resl;!arch.

From the analyses and the findings, the '.Hiter finds out that the subjects

11nder rhe srmly, rhe lllllfe and femt1k wirnes.:.e.:,, in u.-~ing po\verle:,:. hmguag~· m~~:­

b<;! rd:.Hed more the s•xial ::,;Ullu~ th;m to l.h<! ~ex of the speaker. So. it \\ill be

Pl'Ssibl~ that in certain situation, ma!e and f~mak us~ the same number of P•.)werkss language fearures. It is 5ugg~red that the tollowi.ng researchers, who deal with sociolinguistics especial!y with language, and power difference::, bet\\een male and female, i.ndude wider scv~'\Jo! that covers the subjects or the ana?y~~s