Research Method RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
27 or not used by Gigi and Alex by placing it on another table see Table 3.2. The
explanation related to the Table 3.1 and Table 3.2 will be elaborated further.
Table 3.1 Observation Checklist
Abbreviations Q
: Qualifiers SW
: Swear Words
CT : Controlling the Topics
CR : Compound Requests
VF : Verbal Fillers
TQ : Tag Question s
Is : Intensifiers
Qs : Questions
Ip : Interruptions
TD : Talk Domination
O : Overlapping
S : Silence
The table above shows the observation checklist that used by the researcher to analyze the conversational style of Alex and Gigi in
He’s Just Not That into You movie. There are possible conversational styles that used by Alex and Gigi in their
conversations, consist of qualifiers, controlling the topics, verbal fillers, intensifiers, interruptions, overlapping, swear words, compound requests, tag questions,
questions, talk domination, and silence. The researcher identified Alex’s and Gigi’s
utterances that represent those possible conversational styles.
No. Speaker
Conversational Style Cases Conversational Style
Q CT
VF Is
SW CR
TQ Qs
Ip O TD
S
1. A
“I think, she is a good girl.”
2.
A
“Nice day, isn’t it?”
3.
A
“Well, I’m glad to see you again.”
4.
A
Could you please send me your letter?
5.
A
“Hey Stuart Stop making an ass out of yourself
”
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Table 3.2 Observation Checklist of Alex’s and Gigi’s Conversational Styles
Table 3.2 represents the list of possible conversational styles used by Alex and Gigi in their conversations. After completing the table 3.1, the researcher identified
the conversational styles that are used by placing a thick sign √ and the
conversational styles that are not used by placing a cross sign X.