A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL DELAYED ECHOLALIA AND AUTISTIC RESPONSES IN BARRY LEVINSON’S RAIN MAN MOVIE

Fitrianingsih Fitrianingsih

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Abstract

This study aimed at analyzing delayed echolalia and autistic responses in Barry Levinson’s Rain Man movie. The study first classified the types of interactive and non-interactive delayed echolalia and autistic responses derived in the form of lingual units: words, phrases, and sentences of the utterances from the script of the movie. Second, this study described and explained the meaning of utterances indicated each type of delayed echolalia and autistic responses. This study applied descriptive-qualitative method. The findings of the study were nine of nine types of interactive delayed echolalia, four of five types of non-interactive delayed echolalia, and two types of autistic responses: cognitive response with its two types that are cognitively irrelevant and relevant responses, and social responses with its two types that are socially inappropriate and appropriate responses found in the autistic character’s utterances in Barry Levinson’s Rain Man movie.

 

Keywords: psycholinguistic analysis, autism, functional delayed echolalia, response, Rain Man movie

 

Abstrak

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis ekolalia tertunda dan respons autis yang muncul pada film milik Barry  Levinson  yang  berjudul  “Rain  Man”.  Penelitian  ini  khususnya  mengklasifikasikan  jenis-jenis  ekolalia tertunda interaktif dan ekolalia tertunda non-interaktif serta respons autis yang diperoleh dalam bentuk unit kebahasaan: kata, frasa, dan kalimat dari utaran yang didapat dari naskah film. Kedua, mendeskripsikan dan menjelaskan makna utaran yang mengindikasikan tiap jenis ekolalia tertunda dan respons autis. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif-kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan ada sembilan dari sepuluh jenis ekolalia tertunda interaktif, empat dari lima jenis ekolalia tertunda non-interaktif, dua jenis respons, yakni respons kognitif dengan dua tipe yaitu: respons kognitif tidak relevan dan respons kognitif relevan dan respons sosial dengan dua tipe yaitu: respons sosial yang tidak sesuai dan respons sosial yang sesuai yang didapat pada utaran karakter autis pada film milik Barry Levinson yang berjudul Rain Man

 

Kata kunci: analisis psikolinguistik, autism, ekolalia terntunda fungsional, respons, film "Rain Man”

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