Lane : Hey, hey. You’ve got to help me. I
could get you free Laura Merceir samples.
Aspiring Assistant : whispering Can you please be quiet?
Lane : Hey, you like these shoes? ‘Cause I
can tell you where to get them on sale.
Aspiring Assistant :
I’m not gonna help you cheat.
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Based on the conversation above, it is clearly seen that the aspiring assistant, who is doing the same test as Lane does, does not
want to help Lane to do the test. Lane, who is confused to do the test, tries to give her an interesting offer, but still, the aspiring assistant
refuses to help Lane to cheat the test. The aspiring assistant gives a respond to Lane by hedging the
negative to do dispreferred act on the second pair part. The strategy of hedging the negative indicates that she does not want to help Lane
literally, and it means that she also does not want to give any response and action to Lane. The strategy of hedging the negative is
emphasized on the aspiring assistant’s utterance “I’m not gonna help you cheat.” means that she avoids to give any answers to her.
h. Ignoring and Changing the Topic
When doing dispreferred second pair part, ignoring and changing the topic are the way that always go together unconsciously.
When someone does not want to continue the conversation because heshe does not like the topic, surely heshe will ignore the utterance
that is uttered by the first pair part and then turn the topic into another one. The example can be illustrated in the following conversation.
Lane : Okay. So, what kind of music do you produce?
Liam : Oh, no, no, no, Lane. Let’s talk about you. I’m
sure it’s much more interesting. Lane
: Okay, but I don’t know how interesting you’re gonna
— Liam
: Nonsense. Who is Lane Daniels?
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That is a conversation between Liam and Lane. This conversation occurs when they are having a dinner in a restaurant as
their first date after their first accidental meeting in a cafe. Since their first meeting, Liam introduced himself as a music producer, and Lane
is curious about what kind of music that he produced. Liam has no word to explain what kind of music that he
produced because he does not tell the truth about his profession to Lane in order to impress her so she wants to have a date with him. He
diverts Lane’s attention of her question by ignoring it and then changing the topic of conversation. Liam uses the strategy of ignoring
and changing the topic of conversation because he does not want Lane to find out about his lie and then turns to hate him. Therefore, he
shows his dispreferred act by ignoring and changing the topic that indicates he does not want to continue the topic of the conversation.
