A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF DISPREFERRED SECOND TURNS IN PHILOMENA MOVIE

This research aims to explain: (1) the types of dispreferred second turns of adjacency pairs found in Philomena movie, and (2) the ways the characters do the dispreferred second turns of adjacency pairs in Philomena movie. The research used descriptive-qualitative approach. The data were in the form of utterances spoken by the characters in Philomena movie. The context of the data was the dialogues between the characters in Philomena movie. The researcher was the main instrument of this research, and was supported by the data sheets as the secondary instrument. The data were collected by categorizing the utterances based on the types of dispreferred second turns and the realizations of the dispreferred second turns. Then, the data were analyzed based on the theory. After that, the researcher drew a conclusion based on the findings. The trustworthiness of the data was gained through triangulation of the data with the related theory. The result of this research is seen as follows. (1) There are five types of dispreferred second turns in Philomena movie. They are assessment – disagreement, question – no answer/ unexpected answer, request – refusal, invitation – refusal, and offer – refusal. The main type of` dispreferred second turns in Philomena movie is the dispreferred social act of question – no answer/unexpected answer. The result shows that when the characters are invited by other characters, they rarely refuse the invitations which are given to them. (2) There are five ways of doing dispreferred second turn 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 turn in Philomena movie. These are ignoring, changing topic, and direct refusal. The researcher finds that ignoring becomes the most used realization which is mainly used by the characters in Philomena movie when they perform the dispreferred second turns. It shows that the characters mostly do not have any interest to continue the conversations