Acceptance The Analysis of Speech Function in “ Hitch” movie
the hearer some responding goods and service and the speaker inherently inviting the hearer to supporting those responding.
It can be shown in some excerpts of the speakers‟ turns and moves in their conversation. The speech function
‘acceptance’ which is produced by Sara is as follows: Excerpt 40:
Speech Function Turnmoves
Speakers Utterances
Offer 33b
Alex vi But you might need these
Acceptance 34a
Sara i All right.
Excerpt 40 shows that the speaker gives the hearer some responding goods and services by using the supporting speech function response
‘acceptance’. The utterance “All right” mean that Sara accepts Alex‟s offers to wearing glasses that Alex gave because the
weather looks hot and Sara look beautiful when wearing glasses. Excerpt 41:
Speech Function Turnmoves
Speakers Utterances
Offer 125b
Alex vi so I got a grandee cap,
a latte, an Earl Grey tea and something with ‘chai’ in the
title. Acceptance
126 Sara
i Tea for me Excerpt 41 shows that the speaker gives the hearer some responding goods and
services by using the supporting speech function response ‘acceptance’. The utterance ‘Tea
for me’ in turn 126 mean that Sara accepts Alex‟s offers to drink the tea. Acceptance is the supporting response of speech function
‘offer’. In the conversation, one speaker produce 3 move: Sara produce 3 moves, and Alex 0 move. The
person who has the leads number in producing speech function move „offer‟ is Sara. It indicates that Sara is the dominant speaker who has role as receiver the goods or services
from the other speakers. The interpersonal roles that they created are Sara as
a woman who receipt Alex’s offer because he was very care to Sara. In the conversation it happens because of the
Sara ‟s personality as a good receiver.