An analysis of speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green Book

This study analyzes the different speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green Book. The characters are Tony Lip, a white driver, and Dr. Shirley, a black musician. The objectives of this study are to find out the types of speech styles used by the two characters and to find out the diffe...

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Main Authors: Hummaira Hummaira, Dohra Fitrisia, Kismullah Abdul Muthalib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Syiah Kuala 2022-07-01
Series:English Education Journal: Jurnal Pengembangan Pendidikan dan Pengembangan Pengajaran Bahasa
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Online Access:https://jurnal.unsyiah.ac.id/EEJ/article/view/25912
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description This study analyzes the different speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green Book. The characters are Tony Lip, a white driver, and Dr. Shirley, a black musician. The objectives of this study are to find out the types of speech styles used by the two characters and to find out the differences in the speech styles used. The source of data in this study is the movie script. Descriptive-qualitative method is selected to analyze the data. Joos’ theory (1967) was applied in this research, which concerns the five types of speech styles including frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate styles. The result of this research shows that Tony Lip only used four types of speech styles: formal, consultative, casual, and intimate. Tony Lip dominantly used casual speech style, whereas formal style is the least frequent. Dr. Shirley used all five types of speech styles. Consultative speech style is the most commonly used by Dr. Shirley, whereas frozen speech style is the least frequent
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spelling doaj.art-5e697186fbd54262995ccb57eefea0cc2024-04-02T16:56:16ZengUniversitas Syiah KualaEnglish Education Journal: Jurnal Pengembangan Pendidikan dan Pengembangan Pengajaran Bahasa2085-37502022-07-0113225526610.24815/eej.v13i2.2591214492An analysis of speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green BookHummaira Hummaira0Dohra Fitrisia1Kismullah Abdul Muthalib2Universitas Syiah KualaUniversitas Syiah KualaUniversitas Syiah KualaThis study analyzes the different speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green Book. The characters are Tony Lip, a white driver, and Dr. Shirley, a black musician. The objectives of this study are to find out the types of speech styles used by the two characters and to find out the differences in the speech styles used. The source of data in this study is the movie script. Descriptive-qualitative method is selected to analyze the data. Joos’ theory (1967) was applied in this research, which concerns the five types of speech styles including frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate styles. The result of this research shows that Tony Lip only used four types of speech styles: formal, consultative, casual, and intimate. Tony Lip dominantly used casual speech style, whereas formal style is the least frequent. Dr. Shirley used all five types of speech styles. Consultative speech style is the most commonly used by Dr. Shirley, whereas frozen speech style is the least frequenthttps://jurnal.unsyiah.ac.id/EEJ/article/view/25912character studygreen book moviespeech style
spellingShingle Hummaira Hummaira
Dohra Fitrisia
Kismullah Abdul Muthalib
An analysis of speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green Book
English Education Journal: Jurnal Pengembangan Pendidikan dan Pengembangan Pengajaran Bahasa
character study
green book movie
speech style
title An analysis of speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green Book
title_full An analysis of speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green Book
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title_full_unstemmed An analysis of speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green Book
title_short An analysis of speech styles used by two characters in the movie Green Book
title_sort analysis of speech styles used by two characters in the movie green book
topic character study
green book movie
speech style
url https://jurnal.unsyiah.ac.id/EEJ/article/view/25912
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