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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter presents the descriptions for the findings, interpretations, and discussions of the research. The findings of the research summarize the result
of the analysis and are described under the sub-chapter of Research Findings. This sub-chapter is aided by tables and diagrams for comprehensive representation.
Meanwhile the interpretations and discussions of the research are covered under the sub-chapter of Discussions which reflects the efforts to achieve the proposed
research objective. In order to present trustworthy interpretations and discussions, some selected data samples are provided in this sub-chapter as evidence.
A. Research Findings
There were 1050 data analyzed from the textbook When English Rings a Bell for SMPMTs Kelas VIII. The data were in the form of clauses collected
from the dialogs and monologs spoken by the six ethnic characters featured in the textbook. As summarized in Table 12, the occurrences among the six ethnic
characters were distributed quite unequally with noticeable results for Edo Papuan being the highest with 205 occurrences 19.52 and Siti Javanese
being the lowest in the distribution with 146 occurrences 13.90. The distribution of occurrences among the other ethnic characters showed invariable
results of around 15-17 occurrences. These data were then categorized into their respective selection of speech functions and were described further in the
following sections.
Table 11: Distribution of Data Occurrences among the Six Ethnic Characters Rank from
highest to lowest occurrences
Ethnic Characters Occurrences
Percentage 1
st
Edo Papuan 205
19.52
2
nd
Lina Minahasan
181 17.24
3
rd
Beni Batak 178
16.95
4
th
Udin Sundanese 173
16.48
5
th
Dayu Balinese 167
15.90
6
th
Siti Javanese 146
13.90
Total 1050
100.00
1. Speech Functions
The analysis of speech functions considers two general classifications of speech moves encompassing the Initiating and Responding moves, with the
latter can still be divided into two categories of Expected Response and Discretionary Response. From these three classifications, the speech functions
were then identified. In the Initiating move category, there are the speech functions of Question, Statement, Offer and Command. In the Expected Response
category, there are the speech functions of Answer and Acknowledgement, as for the category of Discretionary Response, there are the speech functions of
Contradiction and Disclaimer. Additionally, there is still another speech function which does not fall into both categories of Initiating and Responding moves, the
Salutory speech function, for it is not considered as a function which initiates nor responds for negotiatory function, rather it opens or closes an exchange for phatic
function. As presented in Table 12 below, the data analysis revealed the
dominance of Statement in its distribution among the six ethnic characters with
