The Different Writing Features between Men and Women on Personal Messages in Blackberry Messenger.

Karina Maxfirsyah Putri, Karina (1210503077) (2014) The Different Writing Features between Men and Women on Personal Messages in Blackberry Messenger. Diploma thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.

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Abstract

The different writing features between man and woman in social media like Blackberry Messenger are supposed to express their creativity and feeling. The users add some features to shows the variation and use the different language style to express in writing. Based on the phenomena above, this research discusses two major concerns. First, it discusses about the features of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and language style use between men and women on Personal Message in Blackberry Messenger; second, the researcher discussing about theme which appears from the data. This research is qualitative approach with descriptive method. The primary data are collected from page transcripts. The features of CMC are classified based on the theory of Hård af Segerstad (2002). In analyzing language style the researcher using the theory of Joos in Coupland (2007). Additionally, the researcher uses theory language and gender by Lakoff in Eckert (2003). Based on the data analysis, the different writing features between man and woman shows: First, about the features which using by men are related to space, case, spelling and punctuation (omitting blank space between word, omitting punctuation, unconventional punctuation, all lower-case, all capitals, unconventional-spoken like spelling, repetition of words, consonant writing); Logotypes (emoticons, asterisks, symbol replacing word); Lexical features and abbreviation (code switching, conventional abbreviation and unconventional abbreviation). Meanwhile, the features which appear by women are related to space, case, spelling and punctuation (omitting blank space between word, omitting punctuation, unconventional punctuation, all lower-case, all capitals, unconventional, spoken like spelling, typos, repetition of letters, repetition of words); Logotypes (emoticons, asterisks, symbol replacing word); Lexical features and abbreviations (code switching, spoken language features in CMC, unconventional abbreviation). Furthermore, from the language style the men are found three kinds language style there are casual, formal and intimate; while women there are two kinds of language style there are casual and intimate. Second, the themes which mostly use by men are about motivation, sport and just a few loves; meanwhile the women mostly use theme about love, sadness, and advice for life. In conclusion, the women are more expressive to express their feeling than men.

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