An Analysis of Language Style Used in The Late-Late Show with James Corden

Abstract

This study discusses about the use of language style in talk show “The Late-Late Show with James Corden”. The researcher use three videos taken from The Late-Late Show with James Corden, those are the video entitled ‘Bill Gates Knows 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster' , “How Did Adele Get Celine Dion's Gum from James?’and the video entitled “Jackson Wang: LMLY” . This study aims to identify and describe the types of language style and also social context in he Late-Late Show with James Corden. This study used theory of Joos (1967) to analyze the type of language style and the theory from Holmes (2013) to analyze the social context. This study used descriptive qualitative approach, and for processing the data using the theory from Miles & Huberman (1994). The result of this study that the researcher found are 114 data. Then, there are 12 or 11% of the data which is categories as formal style. There are 14 or 12% of the data which is categories as consultative style. There are 88 or 77% of the data which is categories as casual style. So, the dominant type used in The Late-Late Show with James Corden is casual style. The use of language style influenced by social context those are participant in the interaction, setting or social context of interaction, topic of interaction and function of interaction.