A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF DISPREFERRED SECOND TURNS IN PHILOMENA MOVIE

Abstract

This research aims to explain the types of dispreferred second turns of adjacency pairs found inPhilomena movie, and to explain the ways the characters do the dispreferred second turns of adjacency pairs in form of utterances spoken by the characters of Philomena movie. The context of the data was the dialogues between the characters. The researcher was the main instrument of this research, and was supported by the data sheet as the secondary instrument. The movie and the screenplay are the sources of the data. There are two results for this research. The first one is that there are five types of dispreferred second turns found in Philomena movie. They are assessment – disagreement, question – no answer/ unexpected answer, request – refusal, invitation – refusal, and offer – refusal. The second one is that there are five ways of doing dispreferred second turns uttered by the characters in Philomena movie. They are delay/hesitate, preface, apology, give an account, and hedge of negative. This research also finds other three ways of doing a dispreferred second turns in Philomena movie. They are ignoring, changing topic, and direct refusal.

Kata Kunci
pragmatics, adjacency pairs, dispreferred second turns, Philomena