triangulation categories. As the first triangulation, this research employed textual analysis and content analysis as the methods in analyzing data. Next, to gain
triangulation through multiple analyses, the researcher invited two linguistics students to check data collection and interpretation. They ar
e Hilyatus Sa’adah and Chera Kurnia Larasati. Finally, theories triangulation was employed when the
researcher referred to theories in collecting the data.
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Answer Strategies
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Findings
In this section, the table is presented to show the frequency related to the types of question realizations as well as the answer strategies. The frequency
provides the information of how often each type of question realizations is demonstrated by Andrew Marr in his show. In addition, the frequency also
displays how David Cameron employs answer strategies to respond to the questions spoken in Andrew Marr Show: Interview with David Cameron.
Table 2. The Frequency of Types of Question Realizations and Answer Strategies in
Andrew Marr Show: Interview with David Cameron
Question Realizations
Roun d
ab o
u t
T raj
ec to
ry M
in
imal Answe
r p lu
s E
lab or
at
ion L
exical Re
p
etit ion
T ot
al T
ot al
Initiative
Statement Prefaces 6
6 2
14 32
Multiple Questions 4
6 10
Follow-up Questions 2
6
8 Directness
Other-referencing question frames
4
4 6
Self-referencing question frames 2
2 Assertiveness
Preface Tilt 3
3 1
7 10
Negative Questions 3
3 Adversarialness
Global Adversarialness 3
9 1
13 13
Accountability Questions
Total 23
34 4
61
The frequency indicates that the total of question realizations employed by Andrew Marr is 61. However, the occurrences of each type of question
realizations are never the same from one type to the others. The most frequent
type of question realizations that Andrew Marr employs is initiative. There are 32 occurrences of initiative out of the total 61 data. The second rank is
adversarialness that occurs 13 times. Assertiveness as the third rank contributes 10 occurrences. The least frequent type of question realizations is directness with 6
occurrences. Although Andrew Marr employs all types of question realizations, the
frequency shows different occurrences of each feature of each question realizations. In displaying initiative, he employs statement prefaces 14 times,
multiple questions 10 times, and follow-up questions 8 times. To show directness in his questions, Andrew Marr demonstrates other-referencing question frames 4
times and self-referencing question frames twice. In demonstrating assertiveness, he uses preface tilt 7 times and negative questions 3 times. However, in displaying
adversarialness, he only employs global adversarialness 13 times. The table shows that David Cameron employs all types of answer strategies.
They are roundabout trajectory, minimal answer plus elaboration, and lexical repetition. The most frequent type of answer strategies is minimal answer plus
elaboration. It occurs 34 times out the total 61 data. The second most frequent is roundabout trajectory. David Cameron employs it 13 times. The least frequent is
lexical repetition that occurs 4 times. Although David Cameron demonstrates all types of answer strategies, he
displays different answer strategies to respond to particular Andrew Marr‟s
questions. He only demonstrates roundabout trajectory to respond to self- referencing question frames twice and negative questions 3 times. In addition,
he only displays minimal answer plus elaboration to answer other-referencing question frames 4 times. On the other hand, he employs lexical repetition to
answer preface tilt as well as global adversarioalness once and preface statements twice.
The two frequent answer strategies employed by David Cameron are roundabout trajectory and minimal answer plus elaboration. He displays
roundabout trajectory to respond to statement prefaces 6 times, multiple questions 4 times, follow-up questions twice, preface tilt 3 times, and global questions 3
times. In addition, he demonstrates minimal answer plus elaboration to answer statement prefaces as well as follow-up questions 6 times, preface tilt 3 times, and
global adversarialness 9 times.
B. Discussion
The section provides deep explanation of the findings. The detail description is presented to clarify both research objectives covering the types of question
realizations as well as the answer strategies in Andrew Marr Show: Interview with David Cameron. The first part reveals how Andrew Marr expresses the questions.
The second part exposes how David Cameron employs answer strategies to respond to the questions. Finally, the researcher also identifies why particular
question realizations are answered by particular answer strategies.
1. Types of Question Realizations in Andrew Marr Show: Interview with
David Cameron
The data findings confirm that there are four types of question realizations expressed by the interviewer in Andrew Marr Show: Interview with David
