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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis study deals with African American Vernacular English (AAVE) feature
produced by Malcolm Turner, a Black main character who has double roles character in the
film Big Momma’s House, and the language function in his AAVE utterance in each role. In
conducting this study, the writer proposed four research questions concerning the type of
AAVE feature that he used in his role as an FBI agent, the type of AAVE feature in his role
as Big Momma, the type of the language function used in each of his role, and the frequency
of the type of AAVE feature and the type of the language function used by the double role
character. In order to identify the AAVE feature used by Malcolm Turner, she employed
Trudgill’s AAVE theory (1974), Brown and Attardo’s theory (2000), Theresa’s theory
(2001), and Fickett’s theory (1972). She used the language function theory from Yule (1996)
to identify the language function. The approach used in this study is qualitative. From this
study, the writer found that Malcolm Turner used five AAVE features when he is being an
FBI agent to talk to his friend: the habitual “be”, aspectual system, multiple negations, the use
of ain’t, and future aspect. Besides, he used five AAVE features in his role as Big Momma,
consisting of aspectual system, multiple negations, negative inversion, the use of ain’t, and
future aspect. This research also found the language function used in Malcolm Turner’s
AAVE utterance. The writer found that the types of language function used by Malcolm
Turner in his role as an FBI agent are expressives, representatives, and directives. Besides,
the language functions used as Big Momma are expressives, representatives, directives, and
commissives. The writer found the frequency of each type of AAVE features is different, and
the frequency of usage in the type of language function is different. Malcolm Turner used
five AAVE features in his role as an FBI agent, and he used four AAVE features in his role
as Big Momma. He used three type of language function in his role as an FBI agent, while
using four types of language function in his role as Big Momma.