Conversation analysis between the broadcaster and the callers on asian track program in EBS (105.9) FM - Digital Collection of Petra Christian University

Strenstrom (1994) proposed certain combinations of initiating and
responding acts. However, based on the preliminary observation, the writer found
that in radio conversation, there are combinations that are not in accordance to
Strenstrom?s study. Thus, she attempts to conduct a research to find out what
types of initiating ? responding acts are produced by the broadcaster and the
callers and what combinations occur in the conversation. This research is done in
order to reveal the patterns of initiation ? response from the broadcaster and the
listener. Hopefully, it can give a better understanding to the readers about how the
conversation works out in the radio. Based on Strenstrom?s study, there are certain
combinations of initiating - responding acts; thus, she uses the Strenstrom?s
classification of initiating - responding acts. The qualitative descriptive approach
is used to analyze the data and the writer becomes the instrument that collects and
analyses the data from the radio program, which is Asian track program. Then, the
writer continues to identify and classify the data based on the classification of
initiating - responding acts from Strenstrom. In addition to Strenstrom?s
classification of Initiating - responding acts, there are new combinations occur in
the conversation. Possibly, the broadcaster and the callers share a common
knowledge so that the conversation can still run well although they do not use the
common combinations according to Strenstrom?s classification. It can be
concluded that in the radio conversation, the initiating acts do not always have to
be responded with the proper responding acts according to Strenstrom?s
classification. As long as the speakers can understand each other, the conversation
can still keep going on.

Contributor
• (84-001) Nani Indrajani Tjitrakusuma
• (76-012) Josefa Juniarti Mardijono

Subject
1. LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES-STUDY AND TEACHING
2. SOCIOLINGUISTICS
3. ENGISH LANGUAGE-SPOKEN ENGLISH

Keyword
conversation analysis, initiating and responding acts, radio program

Category
s1 - Skripsi/Undergraduate Thesis (Program Studi Sastra Inggris S-1)

Rights
Undergraduate Thesis No.02011423/ING/2005; Jeanny Tan (11401073)
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