Furthermore, dispreferred social act of assessment is also performed by giving an order to stop the assessment. It appears as a speaker thinks that the first
speaker’s assessment is inappropriate to be uttered. The example is presented in the following datum.
Blythe : Analysis. He bought those clothes to impress and look the
part, hoping that he would rub elbows and maybe come up like Jason.
Sabrina : Dont talk about my boo like that.
Datum no. 27 Blythe makes an assessment of Malcolm’s outfit and expects that Sabrina
will agree with her. Unfortunately, Sabrina gives her dispreferred response by giving her disagreement. In performing her disagreement, she says “Dont talk
about my boo like that” to stop Blythe’s assessment. It occurs as Sabrina thinks that it is inappropriate and impolite to talk in that way.
d. The Dispreferred Social Acts of Question - No answer or an Unexpected
Answer
The dispreferred social acts of question often occur in Jumping the Broom movie. There are two different forms of dispreferred social acts of question
performed by the characters in this movie; those which lead to no answer and those which are followed by an unexpected answer.
In this movie, the dispreferred social act of question which leads to no answer occurs as the next speaker does not pay attention to the topic of question.
This absence is considered as a dispreferred response because the hearer cannot provide required information asked by the first speaker. An example of the
dispreferred social acts of question which leads to no answer is displayed in the conversation performed by Mrs. Taylor and Shonda when they arrive in Vineyard.
Mrs. Taylor : Shonda, I am trying to be nice, but who are they trying to
impress? A car? A driver? Why couldnt they send somebody from the family down here to pick us up? And
where the hell is Jason? Shonda
: Silence
Mrs. Taylor : What you looking at?
Datum no. 12 In the first part of the dialogue, Mrs. Taylor asks some questions to
Shonda and expects that those questions will be answered by Shonda. Yet, Shonda does not give any response since she does not pay attention to Mrs. Taylor’s
questions. This absence or silence is considered as a dispreferred social act since Shonda does not give any information asked in the questions. As there is no
response performed, Mrs. Taylor modifies the question in the first pair part by asking another question in order to get the second pair part which is not a silence.
Besides the dispreferred social act of question which leads to non answer, several characters also perform the dispreferred social act of question by giving an
unexpected answer in the second pair part. This dispreferred response occurs when a speaker replies the question by an answer which is in contrast to the first
speaker’s expectation.
Sabrina : So, what does that mean?
Jason : It means that you have a really good opportunity in
front of you, and Im not gonna stand in the way of it.
Sabrina : Well, it sounds to me like you made up your mind. It was
a fun night. Datum no. 3
Sabrina asks for Jason’s explanation for his previous statement that he does not believe in long distance relationship. She expects that the question will
