Female Talk in Aladdin (2019): A Sociolinguistic Study

The purpose of this study is to analyze the types of female talk and the social factors influencing them in the film Aladdin (2019), focusing on the utterances of the main female characters, Princess Jasmine and Dalia. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method with data in the form of character dialogue excerpts from the film. The main theoretical framework is Robin Lakoff’s (1975) theory of female talk, supported by Janet Holmes’ (2013) sociolinguistic theory to examine the influence of social status, power relations, and situational context. The findings reveal 41 utterances reflecting female language features. The most dominant type is hedges with 8 data (19.5%), followed by superpolite forms with 7 data (17.1%), intensifiers with 6 data (14.6%), and tag questions, empty adjectives, indirect requests, and emphatic stress with 5 data each (12.2%). These findings show that female language in the film not only emphasizes politeness but also serves as a means to express emotions, opinions, and resistance to patriarchal norms. In terms of social factors, situational context is the most dominant influence (60.8%), followed by power relations (27.5%) and social status (11.7%). Female talk in this film functions as a polite yet powerful communication strategy, demonstrating that women can use language as a form of intelligent, elegant, and meaningful resistance within constraining social structures.