A STUDY OF SPEECH FEATURES USED BY FEMALE YOUTUBERS

This study used qualitative research. The sources of data are some Kpop reaction videos of female YouTubers, while the data are the utterances of female YouTubers which contain women’s speech features. The method used in collecting data is content analysis. The method used in analyzing data is interactive data analysis.
This study found nine types of women’s speech features proposed by Lakoff (1975). Those are hedges/ fillers (13 data), tag questions (3 data), rising intonation on declaratives (2 data), empty adjectives (2 data), intensifiers (7 data), hypercorrect grammar (4 data), avoidance of strong swear word (2 data), superpolite form (4 data), and emphatic stress (3 data). The functions of the speech features are expressing uncertainty, politeness, showing admiration, showing strong intention, emphasizing or strenghten an utterance.
Keywords: Women’s Speech Features, Female Youtubers, Kpop Reaction Videos.