Analysis of Language Style in “Emma 2020” Movie

Abstract

Language style is essential because it can facilitate effective communication, build and maintain relationships, express identity and personality, manage various contexts, say something with a specific tone and emotion, build group identity and solidarity, and achieve particular goals. In addition, this study explores the use of language styles in the Emma film by analyzing the types of language styles used in the Emma 2020 film and which are most dominantly used. The data for this research was collected by closely watching and transcribing critical scenes from the movie and using the descriptive qualitative research method to analyze the data. After analyzing the research data, the researcher found that this film used all of the language styles by Martin Joos's theory in communicating. However, the most dominant language styles used are formal and consultative styles. It can be concluded that the researcher found that all the characters use the five styles of language by Martin Joos.