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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter explains the results of the research, which are the types and purposes of interruption employed by the characters in 12 Angry Men. This chapter
is divided into two sections, the findings section and discussion section. The findings section describes briefly the frequency of the types of interruption as well
as the purposes of interruption in 12 Angry Men. Meanwhile, detailed explanation about the results of the research is described in detail on the discussion section.
A. Findings
The data in this research are taken from the utterances in the dialogue presented by the characters in 12 Angry Men. There are 39 data found in this
research which describe the types and purposes of interruption. Table 2 simplifies the result of occurrence of the interruption in 12 Angry Men which is uttered by
almost all the characters in the movie. As can be seen from table 2, all types of interruption occur in different frequencies. Meanwhile, not all purposes of
interruption are found in the movie and gain a significant difference between one purpose of interruption to the other ones. Regarding to this result, to show
disagreement is one of the purposes of interruption which gets dominant frequencies toward the other purposes of interruption.
Table 2. Frequency of Occurrence of Types and Purposes of Interruption Presented by the Characters in Lumet
’s 12 Angry Men Movie No.
Types Purposes
TOTAL
Disruptive Cooperative
Neut ral
DI FT
TC SA
SU SI
SC
1. Simple Interruption
7 3
2 1
1
14
2. Overlap Interruption
6 3
2 1
3 3
18
3. Butting-in Interruption
2 3
1
6
4. Silent Interruption
1
1
TOTAL
15 6
4 3
7 4
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From the table 2, the types of interruption are divided into four categories, i.e. simple interruption, overlap interruption, butting-in interruption, and silent
interruption. From the four types of interruption, overlap interruption reaches the highest frequency of occurring interruption. In overlap interruption, the interruptee
is highly involved in the conversation. So, the interrupter interrupts the interruptee by speaking at the same time. Meanwhile, silent interruption reaches the lowest
position. In silent interruption, the interruptee intends to continue his speaking but he stops his utterance for a while. The interrupter interrupts the interruptee in his
silent time. There is no simultaneous speech in this interruption. This interruption appears only once since all the jury is able to manage his speaking.
The purposes of occurring interruption are also presented in table 2. There are three categories of purposes of interruption: disruptive, cooperative, and neutral.
From the three categories of purpose of interruption, disruptive interruption has the highest occurrence which is followed by cooperative interruption and neutral
interruption in the last position. The subcategory of disruptive is divided into 3 types, those are disagreement, floor taking, and topic change. Disagreement
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