ADJACENCY PAIR ANALYSIS IN BREAKOUT NET INTERVIEW BETWEEN BOY WILLIAM AND JESSICA ELLEN CORNISH

Abstract

This study focuses on adjacency pair as proposed by Levinson (2008) and Yule’s (1996) preference organization in the interview between Boy William and Jessica Ellen Cornish on Breakout Net. In particular, it discusses the types of first and second adjacency pair the dispreferred response of the the second-part. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method because the data in this study are in the form of utterance. The utterances were obtained from conversation between Boy and Jessica in the interview, which was collected by visual analysis where the data collected from video in Youtube. The result shows that the types of adjacency pair in the interview are assertion-agreement, question-expected answer, assessment-disagreement, compliment-acceptance, compliment-refusal, question-unexpected answer, request-refusal, command-incompliance, request-acceptance and command-compliance type. Meanwhile, the types of dispreferred response in second-pair part are assessment-disagreement, compliment-refusal, question-unexpected answer, request-refusal and command-incompliance. The dispreferred response are uttered using an express doubt, token yes, appeal for understanding, and give an account marker.