The study of interruption between Will Smith & Ellen in The Ellen show

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Tiaramadhani, Tiaramadhani (2022) The study of interruption between Will Smith & Ellen in The Ellen show. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This research focuses analyzing the interruption used by Will Smith and Ellen in the "The Ellen Show" talk show on youtube channel. The researcher identifies the types of interruption and functions of interruption used by Will Smith and Ellen in the data. This study applied a descriptive qualitative method. This research is classified as conversation analysis because it is focused on conversation analysis. The conversation between Will Smith and Ellen represents the data of this study. The source of the study is a transcript of the "The Ellen Show" youtube channel. The researcher applied Ferguson's theory of the types of interruption and Kennedy and Camden's theory of the functions of interruption.The findings of this research, all types of interruptions are found in their conversation. In the conversation, Will Smith found many simple interruptions, which can be concluded as guest stars who have a role in answering and refuting the topic presented by Ellen. It is found that the function of interruption is more dominant, floor-taking for the type of intrusive interruption and agreement for the type of cooperative interruption, Meanwhile, Ellen used a little interruption in the conversation she was leading. Found butting-in interruption, which can be concluded that there is resistance to straightening the topic being discussed. The functions of interruption found are one in each intrusive interruption, except for tangentialization. In cooperative interruptions, most types of clarification are found. It indicates Ellen has control in their conversation.