Type of Study RESEARCH METHOD
Table 1. An example of data sheet of dispreferred social acts in Jumping the Broom Movie
Note: Types:
No : Datum Number
A: Request - Refusal Code
B: Offer - Refusal B
: Offer –Rejection C: Invitation - Refusal
1,3,7,9 : Realization D: Assessment - Disagreement
00:04:32 : Scene Time hour:min:sec E: Question - No Answer an Unexpected Answer
F: Blame - Admission.
No Code
Dialogue Types
Realization Explanation
A B
C D
E F
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
1 B1,3,7,9
00:04:32 Sabrina: I dont
know. Theres
thetelephone and Internet and
Skype, And Id be back every
two months for meetings.
Jason: Look
I I just
The long
distance thing,
I I
dont know.
I dont I dont believe in it.
In this datum, there is a type of the dispreferred social act
of offer which is responded by a rejection. Jason rejects
the offer by performing an expression of doubt “I don’t
know” and appealing for an understanding
“look”. Besides, he also rejects it by
performing a pause by a brief silent and hesitation to
delay or
postpone in
responding the
first speaker’s utterances. He
also gives an account that he does not believe in long
distance relationship. The dispreferred response is
performed to delay in responding
the first
speaker’s utterances. In this dialogue, Sabrina
tries to give Jason an offer that
she will
stay communicating via Skype
and meet him in USA every two months if she takes the
job in China. Yet, Jason performs
a dispreferred
response that he does not believe in long distance
relationship.
Realizations : 1 :Delaying or hesitating
7 : Appealing for understanding 2 : Prefacing
8 : Making a non-personal reason 3 : Expressing Doubt
9 : Giving an account 4 : Using token yes
10 : Using mitigators 5 : Apologizing
11 : Hedging negative 6 : Mentioning obligation
12: Performing an actual declination