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THE ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE STYLE USED BY THE SPEAKERS IN “THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO” TALK SHOW SEASON 21 EPISODE 145

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This thesis is a research about the analysis of Language Style Used by the
Speakers in “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” Talk Show Season 21 Episodes 145
by using Sociolinguistic approach. The objectives of this research are (1) to know the
types of language styles those are used by the speakers in “The Tonight Show with
Jay Leno” talk show season 21, episode 145 (2) to know the functions of the
speakers‟ utterances in using language style.
The method in this research is used descriptive qualitative method. The data
source of this research was the talk show “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” which
was aired in August 6th 2013. The technique of analyzing data in this research is
always linked to the theory and methods based on the Sociolinguistic Approach. This
research used theories of types language styles by Martin Joos and function of
language by Roman Jakobson.
In this research, the writer found that there are two types of language style in
the talk show The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, such as formal and casual style
where casual style most dominant in the talk show. Besides that, there are four
functions through the speaker‟s utterances, those are: expressive, directive,
metalinguistic and referential function where referential function is most dominant in
the talk show. It can be concluded that in the talk show the people often use casual
style and referential function because to make a comfortable situation and effective
understand of the conversation.
The implication of this research is giving information to the readers especially
the students of English and Literature Department about types of language style and
function of using language style which are used in the talk show.

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BSI-2015-NUR t

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Makassar : FAH. Adab & Humaniora UIN ALauddin., 2015

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x-63 hal;30cm

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English

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Language style

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