Giving an Account Discussion

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? SC 1722QU 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.

i. Using a Mitigator

Using a mitigator is one of the strategy of doing dispreferred act on the second pair part which is commonly found in daily conversation. When someone uses a mitigator to do dispreferred act, they will use really, mostly, sort of, kinda in their utterances. Those indicators aim to show that the second pair part is unsure about the statement that is given by the first pair part. The example of this linguistic phenomenon of using a mitigator to do dispreferred act on the second pair part is: Joanne : Does he put passion above common sense? Witty statements on the tip of his tongue? Lane : Sort of, yeah. SC 1417AD This is a conversation between Joanne and Lane. They talk about a man whom Lane has met. Joanne starts to ask and show her assesment about that man to Lane whether he is included as Lane’s type or not. Joanne shows her assesment by asking many questions to Lane which indicate that Joanne feels very curious to find out the truth. However, Lane gives a brief respond and makes Joanne feels disappointed because Lane does not give a clear answer. From the conversation above, it can be seen that Joanne wants an amazing answer from Lane. On the other hand, Lane says. “Sort of, yeah..” It indicates that she feels unsure about the assesment that is given by