39 Example [17] indicates that Alex used informal tag question to show his
feeling of unsure to Gigi “Over a week went by, okay?” see Appendix A, p. 58, item 22.
[18] Gigi : Arent these man secrets like why men need to watch televised golf?
Gigi used tag question once when she wanted to ask about man secrets to Alex, as in the example [18] see Appendix A, p. 59, item 31. The obtained data
shows that Alex used tag questions three times while Gigi only used one tag question. The interesting part of this case is that the female character, Gigi, used fewer tag
questions than the male character , Alex. In other words, Lakoff‟s 1975 theory that
mentions women use more tag questions than man was not proved in this research see Chapter II, p. 12. Both of them used tag questions in order to show their feeling
of unsure about the things they talked about.
8. Questions
The researcher analyzed that Alex asked 22 questions to Gigi in the whole of conversations. Meanwhile, Gigi asked 19 questions less than Alex.
[19] Alex : Conors not coming in tonight. Did he forget he was supposed to meet you?
Gigi : See when I said, meeting someone I guess that was kind of a broad term, kind of a wide interpretation of the word meeting.
Example [19 ] indicates that Alex tried to propose the possibility of Conor‟s
forgetfulness by asking Gigi see Appendix A, p. 56, items 6-7. In this point, he PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
40 really wanted to find the information about Conor when he asked, “Did he forget he
was supposed to meet you? ”
[20] Gigi : So, what, now Im just supposed to run from every guy who doesnt like me?
Alex : Yeah. Gigi asked a question about herself when she faced a guy who did not like her
as in example [20] see Appendix C, p. 64, items 71-72. In this case, she did not really need specific information from Alex. She just wanted to make Alex responded
her question in order to ensure that the conversation was still continuous. Examples [19] and [20] clearly present that between Alex and Gigi asked
questions for different goals of communication. Alex asked more questions rather than Gigi because he totally requested the particular information from Gigi‟s problem
so that he could give advice to Gigi.
9. Interruptions
The researcher identified that Gigi only interrupted Alex once. Meanwhile, Alex was the only one speaker who performed the interruptions four times. The
obtained data shows that men speaker used more interruptions than women do. Here are the following examples of interruptions which had done by Alex
when he spoke to Gigi: [21] Gigi : He might have used some derivative of that. So, he says hes
going to call, but then gave me his card and he says…. Alex : -----interruption-----Oh, hes not interested.
