The Analysis of Interruption in Same Sex and Different Sex Conversations in Ellen Degeneres Show

This research entitled “The Analysis of Interruption in Same Sex and Different Sex Conversations in Ellen Degeneres Show”. It aims to find out the purposes of interruption by using Murata (1994) and Zhao & Gantz (2003) theories and to analyze the linguistic features employed in interruptions in same sex and different sex conversation by utilizing Tannen (1990) and Lakoff (1975) theories. This research uses a sociolinguistic approach and qualitative method in analyzing the data. Additionally, the data of this research are taken from eight videos of TheEllenShow Youtube channel containing interruptions and linguistic features in same sex and different sex conversations based on a movie theme. Besides, the research uses the purposive sampling technique. Based on the result of this research, 52 data of purposes of interruption and linguistic features in same sex and different sex conversations are found. According to the purposes of interruption in different sex conversation, the participants are more likely to use disruptive interruption than cooperative interruption. This can be seen from floor taking by 8 data. On the contrary, in same sex conversations, the participants are more likely to use cooperative interruption than disruptive interruption because they almost use all sub-categories in cooperative interruption and are likely to use types of interruptions showing understanding and agreement by 5 data, respectively. In addition, in same sex conversation, 3 types of linguistic features are found in the interruptions. A lexical hedge is the most frequently used linguistic feature by 4 data. Whereas, in different sex conversations, the participants use two types of linguistic features, namely teasing and report talk. Teasing is the most frequently used linguistic feature by 8 data. Based on the result, it can be concluded that in same sex and different sex conversations, the participants have different ways of employing interruptions and linguistic features through their utterances for achieving their purposes in conversations. In different sex conversations, the men are more likely to use disruptive interruption because they interrupt women in order to show their power to dominate the conversation. It can be seen when they dominate the conversations through the use of linguistic features by showing teasing and report talk to interrupt. While in same sex conversations, the women are more cooperative in order to create comfortable atmosphere and to make intimate conversations. In addition, they also show their appreciation to the interlocutor by showing lexical hedges, intensifiers and empty stress to interrupt