Men speech features in Kristen Stewart's utterances in selected talk ahow videos

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Febriyani, Siska (2023) Men speech features in Kristen Stewart's utterances in selected talk ahow videos. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

The study aims to investigate men’s speech features and speech functions in Kristen Stewart’s utterances as a tomboyish woman in selected talk show videos. The researcher uses Coates' (2013) theory of men’s speech features and Holmes and Wilson's (2017) theory of speech functions. There are two research problems in this study, namely: (1) What are the types of men’s speech features apparent in Kristen Stewart’s utterances in selected talk show videos and (2) What are the functions of speech features apparent in Kristen Stewart’s utterances in selected talk show videos. This present study uses descriptive qualitative approach in relation to the use of clear and systematic description about the phenomena being studied. The researcher collected data by transcribing four talk show videos from Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon YouTube channel. The transcription was then analyzed by identifying the types of men’s speech features and speech functions by applying suitable codes in the appropriate text. Then, the researcher analyzed the data by identifying men’s speech features using Coates' (2013) theory and speech functions using Holmes and Wilson's (2017) theory. The result of the study reveals that Kristen Stewart applied all types of men’s speech features (topic choice, monologue and playing the expert, question, verbal sparring, and turn taking) and four types of speech functions (referential, expressive, metalingual, and directive) in the four talk show videos. The most dominant type of men’s speech features applied by Kristen Stewart was turn-taking. It is because the researcher picked up research data from the talk show videos where the host and the guest star did a question-and-answer session about several things. Moreover, the speech function that frequently applied by Kristen Stewart was referential function. She applied it because her role as the guest star of the talk show where she often give information and news to the host and the viewers. This study shows that Kristen Stewart, a tomboyish woman, can also produce men’s speech features even though she is a woman. Hence, this study proves that genders do not determine how a person produces speech features. It is possible that tomboyish women use men’s speech features and vice versa.