Emotive Language As An Image of The Authorship Style of Leila S. Chudori in The Novel Laut Bercerita

ABSTRACT: This study aims to describe the types and functions of the use of emotive language as an image of the authorship style of Leila S. Chudori in the novel Laut Bercerita. This research is a qualitative descriptive study with the data source, namely the novel Laut Berceritaby Leila S. Chudori. The data from this study is a lingual unit containing the use of types and functions of emotive language and its context in the novel Laut Bercerita by Leila S. Chudori. The data collection method used in this research is the note-taking method and the data analysis method used is the agih method. The results of this study indicate that the image of Leila S. Chudori’s writing style in the novel Laut Bercerita can be seen in the use of the types of emotive language that appear, there are pain, sad, happy, surprised, annoyed, tense, anxious, afraid, tired, disgusted, and longing. The function of using emotive language is to provide an overview of the situation, as a medium to express the feelings of the characters, and as a bridge that connects the storyline, characters and readers.

KEYWORDS: –stylistic, type, function, emotive language, novel