GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE USE OF LINGUISTIC FORMS IN LEAP YAR MOVIE

The study deals with the use of linguistic forms in Leap Year movie script. The
researcher analyzes nine linguistic forms based on Robin Lakoff’s theory. There
are lexical hedges/fillers, emphatic stress, tag question, empty adjective,
intensifier, vernacular forms, superpolite forms, precise color terms, hypercorrect
grammar. The data of the research were the conversations which have been
categoried to two parts. First, the conversations of the main characters only, and
second, the conversations of the main characters and other characters. The data
that support this study were obtained by applying descriptive qualitative method
by selecting and analyzing the movie script. The findings showed that only 7 out
of 9 linguistic form that existed in Leap Year movie, andman used linguistic forms
more than woman with 56.66% and woman only 43.33% in main characters
conversations, and man with 31.57% linguistic forms and woman 68.42%
linguistic forms in main characters with other characters conversations