Language Style Found in Rise of the Guardians (2012): A Sociolinguistic Analysis

Abstrak

This study investigates the language styles used by main characters in Rise of the Guardians (2012) by applying Joos’s (1967) classification of five speech styles: frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate. Using a qualitative descriptive methods, the analysis focuses on selected utterances from Jack Frost, North, Tooth Fairy, Bunnymund, and Pitch Black. The findings reveal four styles across 42 utterances (formal: 8; consultative: 11; casual: 19; intimate:4), with casual dominant in peer relationships and informal interactions. Consultative and formal styles emerge in strategic discussions and authority scenes, while intimate style occurs in emotionally significant moments tied to Jack’s growth. Frozen style is absent. Stylistic variations reflect shifting social roles, emotional distance, and narrative tension, demonstrating animated fantasy films value for sociolinguistic style-shifting analysis.

Kata kunci

• Sociolinguistics
• joos five style theory
• linguistics
• rise of the guardians