C. Data, Context and Source of the Data
The data of this research were in the forms of utterances uttered by the characters in the movie. Those utterances can be in the forms of words, phrases,
clauses, and sentences uttered by the characters in the movie, while the context of this data was the conversations among characters in the movie. Obviously,
the source of the data was a movie entitled
The Last Song
movie. The film was in the forms of VCD Video Compact Disk. The secondary source of the data
was the script of the film that is taken from internet from http:www.subscene.com.
D. Research Instrument
Since this research is qualitative, the main instrument of the research is the researcher herself, as stated by Bogdan and Biklen 1982:27. This means
that the researcher plays the role as the designer, the data collector, the analyst, the data interpreter, and eventually the reporter of the research findings. In
addition, a data sheet serves as secondary instrument as a guide for the process of identification and analysis. After all data were identified, they were
transcripted into data sheet to be analyzed. The data sheet is provided as follow.
Table 1. Types of turn-taking irregularities and its reasons
N o
Data Types of Turn-
taking Irregularities
Purposes of Turn-taking Irregularities Context
Description Co
de Conversation
Inte rrup
tion Overlap
Reasons for
Overlap Reasons for
Interruption O
t h
e r
C O
I N
T R
P R
R E
S A
S U
T C
A G
A S
C L
D S
F T
T C
T G
1. TT
I0 1I
IN T
C 00:
02: 00-
00: 02:
14 Jonah:
Wow Dad Steve:
Hi, Joe-boy. How are you, man?
Jonah: I‟m great. How are
you? Steve:
Here we are. I missed you.
Jonah: =Me too
Steve: =Look how big you
are. You’re like six-three now.
√ √
P : Jonah and Steve
S :
Steve‟s house
T: Steve and
Jonah‟s exciteme
nt Ir :
intrusive interrupti
on The
conversation taken when
Jonah arrives at his father‟s
house. They are very
happy meeting each
other. Thus, they excitedly
talk about each others
‟ feelings and
their excitement
creates an interruption in
their conversation.
Descriptions:
a. Coding: TTI01IINTG00:08:46-00:08:53
Turn-taking IrregularityNumber of the DataType of TTITypeType of ReasonTime
b. Note:
TTI : Turn-taking Irregularity
CO : Cooperative
RE : Recognitional
AG : Agreement
FT : Floor-taking
IN : Intrusive
SA : Signalling annoyance
AS : Assistance
TC : Topic change
S : Setting
TR : Transitional
SU : Signalling urgency
CL : Clarification
TG : Tangentialization
T : Topic
PR : Progressional
TC : Topic change
DS : Disagreement
P : Participant
Ir : Irregularity
I : Interruption
O : Overlap
Oth : Other
: Overlap
= : Interruption
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