Su-Chin :”Oh, hi Juno. How are you?”
Juno :”Good. Im good. Did you finish that paper for
Worths class yet?” Su-Chin
:”No, not yet. I tried to work on it a little last night, but Im having trouble concentrating.”
This dialogue is a kind of ritual words that are exchanged when people meet. Juno trudges toward the front entrance of the clinic. There is an abortion
protester, a teenager of Asian descent holding a hugely oversized sign that reads
“NO BABIES LIKE MURDERING.” Juno recognizes the protester as a
classmate of hers, Su-Chin. Juno just wants to greet and make chitchat with her. Phatic communion is a very interesting research subject. In this research,
the researcher analyses forms of phatic communion and describes why the characters in this movie use phatic communion based on the context of situation.
It includes the participants of the dialogue, and the relationship between the participants
There are many phatic communion phenomena found in the movie entitled
“JUNO”, therefore, the researcher is interested to conduct an analysis of phatic communion in the form of thesis entitled: “An Analysis of Phatic Communion
Employed by the Characters in the Movie entitled JUNO”
B. Problem Statements
The problems of the research are: 1.
What are the forms of phatic communion employed by the characters in the
movie entitled “JUNO”?
2.
Why do the characters in the movie entitled “JUNO” employ phatic
communion?
C. Research Objectives
The purposes of this research are: 1.
To find out the forms of phatic communion employed by the characters in the
movie entitled “JUNO”.
2.
To describe why the characters in the movie entitled “JUNO” employ phatic
communion.
D. Research Limitation
The research focuses on the observation and the analysis of phatic
communion in the dialogue of “JUNO”. The sources of data of this research are
all the dialogue that contains phatic communion in this movie and also its context
of situation in “JUNO” movie. It is supported by the movie script.
E. Research Benefits
The research of Phatic Communion in “JUNO” is expected to give better
understanding about phatic communion. Therefore, the researcher hopes this research will be useful for the readers who learn about phatic communion based
on socio-pragmatics approach.
F. Research Methodology
The research is based on socio-pragmatics study with descriptive- qualitative method. It includes collecting data, making an analysis and also
drawing conclusion. The data of this research is the script of all dialogues that
containing phatic communion in the movie entitled “JUNO” and also its context
of situation. The technique used in this research is total sampling technique. More details on Research Methodology will be discussed in Chapter III.
G. Thesis Organization
The thesis organization is arranged as follows:
Chapter I : Introduction
Research Background, Problem Statement, Research Objectives, Research Limitation, Research Benefits, Research Methodology,
and Thesis Organization. Chapter II
: Literary Review Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Ethnography of Communication,
Language Functions, Phatic Communion, Context, Politeness Theory, Domain of Language Use, Synopsis of the Movie, and
Review of Related Study. Chapter III
: Research Methodology Type of Research, The Source of Data, Sample and Sampling
Technique, Technique of Collecting Data, Data Coding and Technique of Data Analysis.
Chapter IV : Data Analysis
Chapter V : Conclusion and Suggestion
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
