THE LANGUAGE OF FEMALE ONLINE GAMERS

Language is substantial communication media for human beings. Usually women and men have a different linguistic features, the use of language which is different between men and women serves as the identity. In this study, Women's Language is the main subject to explain its implication to language use. The data used in this study are the ten (10) videos that were selected from the top five (5) most subscribed female gamers in YouTube which are the following: SSSniperWolf, AzzyLand, Inquisitormaster, Aphmau, and iHasCupquake. The researcher studied the videos by, identifying the linguistic features commonly used by women according to Lakoff, and determining its implication to the language use by analyzing the discourse within the speeches of the selected videos by female gamers. After the data are gathered and analyzed, the following are its findings: First, the linguistic features that are present in the videos are Lexical Hedges or Fillers (44.65%), Intensifiers (19.42%), Avoidance of Swear Words (12.38%), Emphatic Stress (11.62%), Empty Adjectives (8.72%), Rising Intonation on Declaratives (1.83%) and Tag Questions (1.38%). Lastly, the linguistic features that were found implied that the female gamers used this linguistic features to show uncertainty, to intensify or emphasize an utterance, to get response, to express feeling, and to soften utterance. In general, people use different language styles as tool to communicate, especially in this case the female gamers who used linguistic features to make gaming more fun and interesting. These linguistic features reflected the characteristics and behavior of women.