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source or information giver, Polly has more space to provide information demanded by the host.
4.1.2.1 Opening
This time, Oprah is the only opener in the conversation. She produced all openings or 22 100 of the whole openings while Polly never opens. Oprah
dominated the conversation by being the initiator, whereas Polly was completely dependant on Oprah.
As the single opener in the show, Oprah preferred choosing questions to statements. It’s different from the first show in which she produced more
statementsthan questions to initiate. It can be concluded that she tries to seek more information from the source rather than floor problem to invite further debate.
Table 14 also shows that the Oprah chooses questions which require fact than opinion. Here are the examples of openings made by Oprah in the form of
questions which require a fact as the answer:
37 O:I:question:fact Oprah i And what kinds of thing did he do
to you? 13b 38 O:I:question:fact Oprah
i Did he ever say to youii never saying anything to your parents or
yourfamily? 35a
39 O:I:question:fact Oprah i So you always tried to protect
him from being discovered? 49
Oprah Example 37 wanted to know what Polly’s husband had done to
her. She needed to get the fact from Polly as the answer. The same case happened in example 38 in which Oprah asked Polly whether Polly’s husband forbid her
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to say something to her parents. At last, in 39 Oprah also asked Polly whether she tried to protect her husband or not. Those three examples require facts as the
answers. Oprah also chose questions requiring Polly’s opinion. Observe examples
40 and 41:
40 O:I:question:opinion Oprah
i What was life for you living with your husband 1
41 O:I:question:opinion
Oprah i What was it like ii taking
the first
step outof
the window?51
In example 40, Oprah tried to have Polly’s opinion about her life with her husband. Then in example 41, just the same as example 40, Oprah made
Polly to give her opinion about her experience when the first time she stepped out of her house.
In initiating, Oprah also used statements of fact and opinion although they were only few compared to questions that she made. Observe examples 42 and
43:
42 O:I:statement:fact Oprah
i And the turning point was seeing your son. 65a
43 O:I:statement:opinion Oprah
ii Now, this was fascinating to me. 17b
Oprah in 42 stated the fact that Polly’s turning point was seeing his son
so that she had enough courage to escape. Here, Oprah needed Polly to clarify her statement whether Polly agreed or not. Then in 43, Oprah stated her opinion that
Polly’s problem fascinated her. She invites further debate because she floors a problem.
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4.1.2.2 Continuing
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