Analysis of Women’s Language Features in the Movie Cruella (2021)

Abstract

According to the stereotype of gendered language, each gender tends to keep particular aspects of the language features they employed. Additionally, most men are thought to be less talkative than women. The Cruella de Vill movie is an example of how the film business has been influenced by how society views women and how they speak. by using qualitative research methods and based on the theory of Women's Language Features from Lakoff (Lakoff 2004), the researchers found a number of data on women's language features that appear in the film Cruella. Of the 102 data obtained, 30.3% of them are intensifiers, making them the most frequently used features, then super polite forms and avoidance of strong-swear words with 0.98% each being the least used. meanwhile precise color terms and hypercorrect grammar don't appear at all in the movie.

Revenge and Its Impact to Personality in Gilles Pie’s Cruella (2021): A Psychological Perspective

“…(Nabila & Budiarta, 2022) article identifies and analyzes denotative speech acts in "Cruella" using John R. Searle's and Janet Holmes' theories, revealing 60 directive speech acts-mainly requests, commands, and questions-and finding that instructions are the most common function. (Rizki et al, 2023) study analyzes the influence of societal views on women in the film "Cruella" using Lakoff's theory, finding that among 102 linguistic characteristics, reinforcers are the most common (30.3%), while very polite language and strong avoidance/abuse are the least common (0.98% each), with no instances of proper color terminology or precise grammar. (Sujatna et al, 2022) the study, based on the analysis of Cruella's dialogue in the self-titled film by Dodie Smith and directed by Craig Gillespie, examines the directive speech acts performed by the main character and their influence on personality development, aiming to identify these acts and determine factors affecting character growth; employing qualitative descriptive analysis, the study categorizes data using models [1] and [2], revealing a prevalence of 'asking' category (24.7%) and the significance of individual and environmental factors, suggesting that directive speech acts play a role in shaping character traits and warrant further investigation focusing on categories and syntactical patterns for stronger justification.…”