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Reporting the research After the previous steps had been accomplished, the researcher was reporting
the research result in an oral or a written form. The written report was conducted through the undergraduate thesis. Meanwhile the oral report was conducted through
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the combination of research results and discussion based on the two formulated questions which are mentioned in Chapter I. This chapter
consists of two sections. First, are the conversational styles used by Alex and Gigi. Meanwhile, the second are factors that affect misunderstanding between Alex and
Gigi.
A. The Conversational Style Used by Alex and Gigi
In this section, the researcher classified Alex ‟s and Gigi‟s utterances into
some particular conversational styles. In order to support the research, the researcher used theory from Pearson 1985 as the basic reference. She proposes that there are
language usage differences of men and women that considered as conversational styles namely qualifiers, controlling the topic, verbal fillers, intensifiers, swear words,
compound requests, tag questions, questions, interruptions, overlapping, talk domination, and silence. To present the findings, the researcher analyzed the
conversational styles used by Alex and Gigi in He’s Just Not That into You movie as
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Table 4.1 List of Alex’s and Gigi’s Conversational Style
Table 4.1 presents the list of conversational styles used by Alex and Gigi in
their conversations. From the obtained data, the researcher identified that Alex used qualifiers, controlling the topics, verbal fillers, intensifiers, swear words, compound
requests, tag questions, questions, interruptions, overlapping, and talk domination. Meanwhile, Gigi used qualifiers, controlling the topics, verbal fillers, intensifiers,
swear words, tag questions, questions, interruptions, overlapping, talk domination, and silence. 11 conversational styles out of 12 were used by Alex and Gigi in their
conversations. The use of conversational style by Alex and Gigi in
He’s Just Not That Into You movie will be elaborated further.
No. Conversational Style
Characters Alex
Gigi
1. Qualifiers
2. Controlling the Topics
3. Verbal Fillers
4. Intensifiers
5. Swear Words
6. Compound Requests
X 7.
Tag Questions
8. Questions
9. Interruptions
10. Overlapping
11. Talk Domination
12. Silence
X
