Widiana, Yuli ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1814-1365, Sumarlam, Sumarlam
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-3991, Marmanto, Sri
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6988-9835 and Purnanto, Dwi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6211-8843
(2018)
Small Talks of Javanese Female Students: A Cultural Based Gender Phatic Speech Act of Modern Women for Global Social Networking.
In: International Conference Emerging Issues in Economics, Social Sciences, and Business Management (EIESSBM) 2018, 25-26 June 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Abstract
Small talks among Javanese female students have peculiar characteristics which is interesting to discuss. This research scrutinizes the kinds, the functions, and the strategies of phatic speech act of Javanese female students based on gender, cultural, and politeness point of view. The data for this qualitative research are collected by observation method with the technique of open role play, Discourse Completion Tests, and in-depth interview. The kinds of phatic speech acts are classified into greetings, gossiping, congratulating, complimenting, and giving phatic advice. Phatic speech acts of Javanese female students may function to express hospitality, to show solidarity, to encourage others, to console others, and to give attention. Regarding the politeness principles, Javanese women preserve Javanese politeness in showing deference to older acquaintances by addressing them with particular terms of address. However, Ngoko, the low Javanese speech level is used to any age which against the Javanese politeness. Small talks among Javanese female students are conducted by performing different kinds of phatic speech acts to maintain a social bond. Despite the gender stereotype of female small talks as unimportant talks full of gossip and rumors, a Javanese female phatic speech act is more than just small talks since its function is to strengthen social networks among them. Moreover, small talks may not only preserve local cultural identity of modern Asian women but may also be applicable for social networking.
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