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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis study deals with the speech styles used by the characters in
Suroboyoan column in Jawa Pos. Suroboyoan column is a small column occurred
in Jawa Pos in 1997. This article was written by some persons and was in the form
of narration. It told about misfortunes, troubles and silly experiences of the
characters. Interestingly, their intended meaning were expressed in certain speech
styles.
The writer took fifteen articles of Suroboyoan column as the source of
data. In identifying the various kinds of speech styles used among the characters
in Suroboyoan column, the writer applied Joos' theory of styles, Holmes' theories
of social factors and social dimensions as the basic theory. Firstly, in the data
analysis the writer identified the participants, setting, and topic of conversation.
Besides, the data were divided into two broad divisions namely the formal and
informal styles through the term of address, the characters' relationships, the level
of formality and the language used. Furthermore, based on the findings, the casual
style occupies the highest rank of speech styles used; while the formal style is the
least occuring style.
Consequently, the writer draws a conclusion that the speech style used by
the characters of Suroboyoan column are mostly influenced by several social
factors. Those are the type of social context, the relationship and the status among
the characters, the topics of conversation as well.