THE USE OF NON-STANDARD INDONESIAN EXPRESSIONS BY MEN AND WOMEN IN THE READER'S LETTERS

Abstract

This study reports on the non-standard Indonesian expressions used by men and women in The Reader's Letters in magazines. Seven editions of two different magazines, For Him Magazine and Cosmopolitan, were used as the source of data. The findings revealed the kinds of nonstandard expressions used by both gender, in terms of linguistic categories and non-standard features, also confirming that the men employed more nonstandard expressions than the women

Keywords

• non-standard Indonesian expressions
• gender
• kinds
• frequency