A CONVERSATIONAL ANALYSIS OF REPAIR IN ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW SEASON 11

DEBBY YUNITA SAPUTRI,

Abstract


This research analyzes repair phenomena in the first five episodes of Ellen DeGeneres  Show  season  11.  It  focuses  on  the  types  of  repair  and  repair operations. The research method employed in this research was descriptive qualitative method. Quantitative method was also employed to measure the frequency of occurrences. The data of this research were in the forms of words, clauses, and sentences containing repair phenomenon and the context of the data was dialogues. The main instrument in this research was the researcher herself while the secondary instruments was the data sheet. In analyzing the data, textual analysis was employed in this research. In addition, the trustworthiness of the data was achieved through routine consultation with her supervisors and conducted triangulation with her classmates. The research findings show that all types of repair occur in the talk show. They are self-initiated self-completed repair, self- initiated other-completed repair, other-initiated self-completed repair, and other- initiated other-completed repair. Meanwhile, there are only 12 repair operations occurred in the first five episodes of Ellen DeGeneres Show season 11. They are replacing, inserting, deleting, aborting, searching, parenthesizing, recycling, reformatting,   reordering,   confirmation,   explanation,   and   combination.   The research findings also show that there is a new operation occurred in the show, i.e. clarification.

Kata Kunci
repair, types of repair, repair operations, Ellen DeGeneres Show season 11 

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