GENDER DIFFRENCES IN THE MOVIE “TAKEN 2” A THESIS BY ENDA FITRIA SEMBIRING REG. NO. 140705003 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE MOVIE “TAKEN 2” A THESIS BY ENDA FITRIA SEMBIRING REG. NO. 140705003 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dra. Roma Ayuni A Loebis MA Ely Hayati Nasution, S.S, M.Si NIP. 196801221998032001 NIP. 198507032017062001 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A.,Ph.D Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D NIP. 19540916 198003 2 003 NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on January 16, 2019 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. ___________________ Dra. Roma Ayuni A Loebis, MA __________________ Dr. Drs Ridwan Hanafiah, SH., MA __________________ UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, ENDA FITRIA SEMBIRING DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. 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Signed : Date : January 16, 2019 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank to Allah SWT for giving me strong soul and everything I need during finishing this thesis. I would like to thank to the Dean of theFaculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.Si, the Head of Department of English, Prof. TengkuSilvanaSinar, M,A., Ph.D, and the Secretary of Department of English, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti,M.A.,Ph.D for providing all the facilities and helping me to complete this thesis. I would like to give honor and thank to my supervisor, Dra. Roma Ayuni A Loebis, M.A. and my Co- supervisor Ely HayatiNasution,S.S., M.Si, for the willingness to give me guidance and improvement in finishing my thesis; for their suggestion, advice, time and patience in making correcion to this thesis. Special thanks I give to my greatest parents, my sister and brother, for all prays, support, and loves to me. The sweet thanks to my beloved friend firstly Muhammad RizkySyahputra, Devi Septiani, Khairani, Muhammad Fahrizal who always care, help, and support me every time, for having great time together. Thank you for the nice friendship during our study, I will be missing you all. Special thank also to my friend Noni Fitriani, DewiAyuniBarus, Yulia Nanda Putri, MusviraZulfa, and KarimaUtama. vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA As the writer I would like to admit that this thesis is still far from being perfect. I hope this thesis can be useful to everyone. Medan, Januari 2019 Enda Fitria Sembiring Reg. No. 140705003 viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis entitled “Gender differences in the movie Taken 2”. The objectives of this study are to know the types of language differences between man and woman found in the movie “Taken 2”, and to describe how language differences represent gender differences. This thesis was qualitative descriptive research. The source of data was the printed transcript of the movie “Taken 2”. The theories used in this thesis are theories proposed by XiuFang(2013) and Lakof(1975). The result of the research found that the types of language differences represent gender differences. The types of language differences describing gender differences include vocabularies, syntax, and choosing topics. From the seven tracts which are taken to be the data on this study, the researcher found that most of women‟s expressions are made up of adjectives and adverbs represented on character‟s dialogues along the movie. Meanwhile,in case of choosing the topics, women are more concerned with home, family, education, and other domestic activities and affairs. Keywords: gender differences, movie, woman ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul "Perbedaan gender dalam filmTaken 2". Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui jenis perbedaan bahasa antara pria dan wanita yang digunakan dalam film tersebut dan untuk menggambarkan bagaimana perbedaan bahasa mewakili perbedaan gender. Tesis ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Sumber data adalah transkrip film "Taken 2". Teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teori yang diajukan oleh XiuFang (2013) dan Lakof (1975). Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa perbedaan penggunaan bahasa dapat menggambarkan perbedaan jenis kelamin. Perbedaan tersebut meliputi kosa kata, sintaksis, dan pemilihan topik. Dari tujuh risalah yang diambil sebagai data pada penelitian ini, peneliti menemukan bahwa sebagian besar ekspresi wanita terdiri dari kata sifat dan kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam dialog karakter pada film tersebut. Sedangkan dalam hal pemilihan topik,wanita cenderung lebih peduli dengan urusan rumah, keluarga, pendidikan, dan kegiatan domestik lainnya. Kata kunci: perbedaan gender, film, wanita x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ...................................................................... v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .................................................................. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... vii ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... ix ABSTRAK ...................................................................................................... x TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... xi CHAPTERI INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study ............................................. 1 1.2 Problems of the Study ................................................... 5 1.3 Objectives of the Study ................................................. 5 1.4 Scope of the Study ....................................................... 5 1.5 Significances of the Study ............................................. 6 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE .......................................... 7 2.1 Male-Female Differences in Using Language ............... 7 2.2 Film ................................................................................ 15 2.3 Gender Differences ........................................................ 17 2.4 Relevant Studies ............................................................ 19 CHAPTER I11 METHOD OF RESEARCH ........................................... 22 3.1 Research Design ............................................................ 22 3.2 Data and Source of Data ................................................ 22 3.3 Data Collecting Procedures ............................................ 22 3.4 Data Analysis Technique ............................................... 23 xi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING ........................................... 26 4.1 Analysis .......................................................................... 26 4.1.1 Language Differences in Vocabularies ........................ 26 4.1.2 Language Differences in Syntax .................................. 31 4.1.3 Differences in Choosing Topics ................................... 34 4.2 Finding ............................................................................ 38 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ............................. 41 5.1 Conclusion ...................................................................... 41 5.2 Suggestion ....................................................................... 42 REFERENCES .................................................................................................. 59 APPENDIXES xii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Discourse analysis is a rapidly growing and evolving field. Current research field now flows from numerous academic disciplines that are very different from one another. Included, of course, are the disciplines