Language Style in “The Ellen Show”

Abstract

This study deals with the types of language style used in The Ellen Show. The objectives of this study are to find out the types of language style that used by the host and to describe how the language style realize by the host. The study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. Based on the data analysis, there were three types of language style found in during the show. They were consultative style by 30 utterances, formal style by 5 utterances and casual style by 12 utterances. Next, the types of language style found in the show, were analyzed to describe how the language style realize by the host of the show. Based on the analysis, it showed that the host tends to use consultative style while she was speaking with the participants to provide more explicit background infomation of the participant’s problems. She uses consultative style in all context to make audiences easily understand how the topic is going on in their life. And she uses formal style gave information to listener in situation formal even though listener did not know the situation in talk show. The aimed in giving information, it expected can benefit for them to be followed or not. And the last she uses casual style because these sentences refer to the applying any word which is usually employed in a very relax situation, even though the context is formal and used such words to make the circumstances more relax and enjoyable.