A CONVERSATION ANALYSIS OF REPAIR PERFORMED BY THE CHARACTERS IN EASY A MOVIE

Aristina Nursanti Swastiastu

Abstract


This study investigated repair presented by characters in Easy A movie series using Conversational Analysis approach. The objective of this research was to identify the types and techniques of repair performed by the characters in the movie. This research used qualitative research as the research method. The data were collected by watching the movie and looking the transcript carefully. The primary instrument of this research was the researcher herself, while the secondary instrument was a data sheet. The results of the research were stated as follows. There were four types of repair found in the movie. They were self-initiated self-repair, self-initiated other-repair, other-initiated self-repair, and other-initiated other-repair. In addition, the characters in Easy A  movie employed four functions in their repair: non-lexical speech perturbation, unspecified repair, interrogative repair, and partial repeat repair.

Keywords: repair, conversational analysis, Easy A movie


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