Skripsi Henny - Digilib UIN Malang

Smirnov: Don’t scream at me, please, I’m not the manager. Allow me to call
things by their right names. I am not a woman, and I am accustomed to
speak out what I think. So please don’t scream.
The dialogue above show informal style because the sentences more complex
than colloquial style but simple than formal style. In this dialogue is
communicative language because respond to each others between Mrs. Popov and
Smirnov it used when Mrs. Popov ask to the Smirnov not disturbing her rest but
Smirnov still force she to pay her husband debt.
The data above draw informal style. They are indicated by (1) sentence:
medium length (between colloquial and informal style) chiefly standards
sentences frequent parallel and some periodic sentences, fragments are rare but
occasional; (2) diction: ranges from learned to colloquial, occasional contractions;
(3) tone: ranges from personal to impersonal, usually addresses the readers as you;
(4) distance: moderate.
3. Colloquial Style
Smirnov: Oh, yes, I have
Mrs. Popov: Not at all fanny! I think it vulgar!
Mrs. Popov: But allowed me to ask, who is true and faithfully in love! Well, that
is something new!
Mrs. Popov: What? What do you mean by saying such things to me?
Mrs. Popov: How dare you speak so?
Mrs. Popov: I’m not screaming. It is you who are screaming. Please leave me, I
beg of you.