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researcher adopted and combined theories from different scholars to answer the research problems. In the case of the investigator triangulation, the researcher
asked for the assistance of two fellow students who major in linguistics to review the research findings and interpretations. Additionally, in order to corroborate the
accuracy of the triangulated findings, the researcher also consulted with her supervisors regarding the results of the study.
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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter contains two sections related to the results of the research. The first section, namely Findings, shows the data findings of the two research
problems, i.e. the types and functions of interruption in High School Musical movie series, expressed in numbers. Furthermore, the second section, namely
Discussion, provides a complete explanation of the research findings in the form of a narrative account.
A. Findings
In this section, the researcher reveals the numerical report of the data findings of the research. The report is displayed in a table presenting the
frequency and the percentage of the data findings of the types and functions of interruption in High School Musical movie series. The following table shows the
information about the statistical results of the research findings.
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Table 2: Data Findings of Types and Functions of Interruption in High School Musical Movie Series
INTERRUPTION
T O
T A
L
P E
RCE NT
AG E
TYPES FUNCTIONS
INTRUSIVE COOPERATIVE
NE U
T RA
L
Dis a
g r
e e
m e
n t
Re je
c tio
n
F lo
o r
-T a
k in
g
T o
p ic
-Ch a
n g
e
T a
n g
e n
tia liz
a tio
n
T o
ta l
Ag r
e e
m e
n t
As si
st a
n c
e
Cla r
if ic
a tio
n
Co lla
b o
r a
tiv e
Co m
p le
tio n
T o
ta l
Simple 8
8 10
4 5
35 1
2 3
3
41
73.21 Overlap
3 1
2 1
7 1
1 1
9
16.07 Butting-in
2 2
1 1
3
5.36 Silent
1 1
1 1
2
3
5.36 TOTAL
11 9
14 5
6
45
2 1
2 2
7 4
56 100
PERCENTAGE
1 9
.6 4
1 6
.0 7
2 5
.0 8
.9 3
1 .7
1
80.35
3 .5
7 1
.7 9
3 .5
7 3
.5 7
12.50 7.14
100
With reference to the statistics in the table, interruption occurring in High School Musical movie series reaches 56 in total. Based on the findings, all the
four types of interruptions are found. The types found involve simple, overlap, butting-in, and silent interruption. Although all the types are discovered, the
quantity of occurrence of each type is different from one another. As presented in the table, there is a significant difference in frequency between simple interruption
and the other three types. The frequency of the simple type is evidently huge compared to the remaining types in which 41 data out of a total of 56 data of
interruption found in the movie series are simple interruption. In this case, simple interruption obtains 73.21 of the total 100. Due to its high frequency, simple
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interruption is placed first in rank according to the number of occurrence. Following the simple type, the second rank is occupied by overlap interruption
which takes place nine times during the movie series or equals to 16.07 out of 100. In addition, the rests of the types, i.e. butting-in and silent interruption,
equally attain the third or last rank with three cases out of 56 instances of interruption. They each obtain 5.36 of the total percentage. The results indicate
that the characters in High School Musical movie series practice simple interruption more frequently than the other types within their conversations.
Additionally, in relation to the functions of interruption, the findings show that the characters in High School Musical movie series employed all the three
categories of functions, i.e. intrusive, cooperative and neutral. Among those categories, the intrusive category makes up the majority of occurrence. In this
case, the intrusive category has a total of 45 occasions out of 56 data identified in the movie series which is equivalent to 80.35 out of a total of 100. It is
followed orderly by the cooperative category which emerged 7 times 12.50 and the neutral category which appeared 4 times 7.14 during the movie series.
Meanwhile, from 10 functions altogether, floor-taking and disagreement occupy the first and the second position with 14 cases 25.00 and 11 instances
19.64 respectively. The following positions are attained by rejection in third place with 9 occasions 16.07, tangentialization in fourth place with 6 cases
10.71, and topic-change in fifth place with 5 occurrences 8.93. In addition, neutral function which constitutes 4 data out of 56 data 7.14 in the movie
series is in sixth position. Furthermore, seventh place is taken by three functions
