p. Greeting – Greeting
Greeting is a word or gesture of welcome or salutation. Greeting is always led by greeting.
Extract 16 Int. Drury Lane Theatre, Night – Later, Scene 56A
Georgiana
: Bess. This is Mr. Fox. The leader of the
Opposition.Mr Fox, Lady Elizabeth Foster. Fox
: Ah. And here is my protégée, Charles
Grey. Georgiana
: Mr. Grey 1
st
Mr. Grey :
Your Grace 2
nd
Fox :
He’s our newest bright young man- scarcely out of Cambridge and already a
Member of Parliament.
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In the conversation above, it is clear that a greeting is led by a greeting. Georgiana greets a man named Charles Grey. To show his gratitude toward
Georgiana due to her higher status, he replies her saying and calls her “Your Grace”.
2. The Dispreferred Second Turns of Adjacency Pairs Found in the
Conversation between the Main Characters in the Movie The Duchess
The dispreferred second turns occuring in the data are mostly found as direct dispreferred second turns. The second speakers usually give unexpected
responses for every first turns delivered. In the findings, there are six types of dispreferred second turns: excuse, disagreement, rejection, non-answer, refusal,
and challenge. The notions of the dispreferred second turns are the same as explained in the discussion of adjacency pairs. However in the discussion below,
the researcher provides the explanation with the examples based on the data
findings in first section. 1
Excuse Extract 17
Int. Althorp –Day, Scene 82A Lady Spencer
: I did not like her from the first
Georgiana :
You’ve made that quite closer, Mama. Lady Spencer
: She is gone from Devonshire House, I
hope. They’re living there together?
Georgiana, What have you permitted to happen? 1
st
Georgiana : I don’t know Won’t you please just help
me Tell me what to do, Mama 2
nd
Lady Spencer :
You must write to your husband and insist he send her back to whatever horrid little
place she came from. Georgiana
: He will not. It is out of the question he
says. DC49SC82AINT
Lady Spencer and Georgiana are discussing about Bess. From the beginning, Lady Spencer feels that Bess is not a good person. However,
Georgiana does not care of it and now she regrets it so much. In the conversation above, Lady Spencer gives complaint to Georgiana as she lets this happen.
Georgiana shows her regret and then her mother helps her fix her problem.
2 Disagreement
Extract 18: Int. Painted Hall, Chatsworth – Long After Dinner, Scene 64b
Lady Spencer
: FIERCE WHISPER This is a dangerous
path to choose my girl. 1
st
Georgiana :
I am not a girl, mother, I am the Duchess of Devonshire. It would serve you well to
remember that. 2
nd
Lady Spencer :
Yes, and you have begun to cavort so constantly in public you cannot live for your