| dc.description.abstract | This research aims to analyze the linguistic and stylistic selections in representing women
in Jane Austen's novel entitled Emma by describing the gender-specific words, phrases,
sentences, and discourses presented in the novel and to find out the gender-specific theme
as exposed in the novel. This research assessed the novel's linguistic structure regarding
how women as characters are portrayed in the text and how such a framework influences
real-life society. This research is a qualitative analysis in which the data collection was
made through direct observation by reading the novel thoroughly, and the feminist
stylistics of Sara Mills was used to interpret the data. The novel's words, phrases,
sentences, and discourses that demonstrate gender-specificity constitute the research's
data. Numerous vocabulary components showing gender-specific phrases are used
exclusively to refer to males in general. Women's characteristics vary from men in that
their physical appearance and dress preferences are emphasized. In contrast, men are
more likely to be characterized by their personalities. The study may aid readers in
identifying how a work encodes and portrays gender and in examining how gender is
addressed in society as a whole | en_US |
