{"id":10910,"date":"2022-08-02T16:47:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T09:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binus.ac.id\/malang\/?p=10910"},"modified":"2022-08-02T16:47:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T09:47:28","slug":"paper-abstract-hedges-politeness-strategies-and-power-a-case-study-of-women-community-leaders-in-malang-regency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binus.ac.id\/malang\/2022\/08\/paper-abstract-hedges-politeness-strategies-and-power-a-case-study-of-women-community-leaders-in-malang-regency\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Abstract: HEDGES, POLITENESS STRATEGIES, AND POWER: A CASE STUDY OF WOMEN COMMUNITY LEADERS IN MALANG REGENCY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gender and power related speech patterns have been a focus of communication studies. Women and power used to be in opposite side of each other. On this ground, we were intrigued to investigate whether being a female leader has something to do with defying certain assumed ideals of women speech. This case study was conducted to women leaders engaged in a social community called Pelangi Nusantara. Concerning this study, we focused on the women leaders\u2019 speech to examine the stereotyped-speech-pattern related to the use of hedges and politeness strategies in female speakers albeit holding a high position. A descriptive qualitative approach was employed along with the purposive technique to select the interviewees. Based on the analysis, it is revealed that despite holding a high position in the community, the female leaders mostly showed the stereotyped-speech-pattern through the use of hedges, convergence, and politeness strategies as influenced by their cultural background.<\/p>\n

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