DISPREFERRED RESPONSES EXPRESSED BY HICCUP IN DEAN DEBLOIS’ HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 MOVIE

Abstract

This research aims to describe the types of dispreferred responses expressed by Hiccup, the male lead character in How to Train Your Dragon 2 movie, and to reveal the functions of the dispreferred responses used by Hiccup in the movie. This research used a descriptive qualitative approach. The data were the second part utterances spoken by Hiccup. The dialogues between Hiccup and the other characters in the movie were used as the context of the data. Meanwhile, the data source is How to Train Your Dragon 2 movie. The primary instrument of this research was the researcher herself. The researcher analyzed the data taken from the movie script as the secondary instrument. The data were triangulated by verifying to the lecturers and other English Language and Literature students about the relevant theories and the findings to enhance trustworthiness. The results of this research are as follows. First, there are five types of dispreferred responses found in the movie. They are (1) assessment-disagreement, (2) invitation/offer-refusal, (3) request-refusal, (4) question- no/unexpected answer, and (5) blame-admission. Assessment-disagreement dispreferred response is the main type performed by Hiccup in the movie. This happened since he is a bit rebellious and hard to agree with other characters’ opinion. Second, there are six functions of dispreferred responses performed by Hiccup in the movie. Those functions are categorized by analyzing the situation and the context of the conversations. The functions of the dispreferred responses found in the movie are (1) to state the speaker’s disagreement, (2) to defend the speaker’s argument, (3) to clear the misunderstanding, (4) to state the speaker’s own reason, (5) to show that the speaker is not interested in the topic, and (6) to state the speaker’s opinion. The functions that Hiccup often uses in this movie are to state the speaker’s disagreement and to state the speaker’s opinion. Those functions appeared as the result of Hiccup’s disagreement with the first speaker’s opinion of him.

Keywords: dispreferred response, types, functions, How to Train Your Dragon 2