Conversational Features Used in Gossip Talk Between Presenters of Obsesi Infotainment Television Program

• Main Author: ANNYSA ENDRIASTUTI
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English; English; English; English; English; English; English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: P101-410 Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar; PR English literature
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/1/1.%20HALAMAN%20JUDUL.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/2/2.%20DAFTAR%20ISI.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/3/3.%20ABSTRAK.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/4/4.%20BAB%20I%20PENDAHULUAN.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/5/5.%20BAB%20II%20TINJAUAN%20PUSTAKA.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/6/6.%20BAB%20III%20METODOLOGI%20PENELITIAN.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/7/7.%20BAB%20IV%20ANALISA.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/8/8.%20BAB%20V%20KESIMPULAN.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/9/9.%20DAFTAR%20PUSTAKA.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/10/10.%20LAMPIRAN.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114176/; http://www.lib.unair.ac.id
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

This study is about women conversational features in gossip talks between female presenters of Obsesi infotainment television program. The aims of this study are to find out women language features include topic and topic development, minimal responses, questions, and turn taking patterns (overlaps and interruptions). Besides that it aims to find the function of these features in developing solidarity between presenters of Obsesi infotainment television program during the show. The study uses qualitative approach as the methodology and Conversation Analysis as a study to transcribe the data used Transcription Convention. The participants of this study are the presenters of the gossip program consisting two females presenters and the data is taken when they are gossiping during the show. The procedures of data collection are recording gossip conversation and divide the data based on the subject, the participants were talked about. Then, the techniques of data analysis are transcribing the data into general English language, presenting the finding of conversational features which appeared in the conversation, and then analyzing the patterns of features and making a conclusion. Based on the data analysis, it shows that the subjects of this study (the presenters) used women conversational features such as minimal responses, tag question and turn-taking patterns in their interaction during the show. The patterns of the women conversational features called collaboration style. It functions to show that the participants support each other in developing solidarity between them. The violation rules of turn-taking are acceptable because it has no purpose to dominate the conversation.