There are a lot of languages used in various countries with an
inhomogeneous speech community makes the language not similar, which means
that the language is diverse and varied which called register. In linguistic, register
is defined as the way speakers use language differently in different situations. Based
on the level of formality, Martin Joss (1967) divided language variety into five
types, they are Frozen, Formal, Consultative, Casual, and Intimate. Register also
has function which is in sociolinguistic side the function of register is similar with
the function of language. According to Jacobson (1960) describes language register
has six functions, namely emotive, directive, referential, metalinguistics, poetic,
and phatic.
The focus of this research is to classify the types and functions of language
register contained in the Luca movie. This study uses a qualitative descriptive
method in form of content analysis. The data collection technique used is a
documentation. The data was taken from the utterances which spoken by the
characters in Luca movie. This research used Martin Joss's theory about the types
of register and Jacobson's theory about the function of language register in Luca
movie.
After analyzing the data, the researcher finds there are four types used in
Luca movie with the total 72 utterances. There were 4 utterances refer to formal, 4
utterances point to consultative, 59 utterances indicate to casual, and 5 utterances
represent to intimate. The researcher did not find the utterances that contain frozen
register. In addition, the researcher finds there are five functions of language
register with the total 72 utterances. There were 28 utterances belong to emotive,
16 utterances refer to directive, 21 utterances indicate to referential, 4 utterances
represent to poetic, and 3 utterances point to phatic. The researcher did not find the
utterances that contain metalinguistic function.