Hesistation Noises and Filled Pauses Analysis Used by Bart and Homer in the Simpson
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e-ISSN:2597-9213; ISSN:1978-6115 Jurnal Penelitian Humano, Vol. 9 No. 1 Edisi Juni 2018 Hesistation Noises and Filled Pauses Analysis Used by Bart and Homer in The Simpson Veronika Listi Ferdini Damopolii Universitas Widyatama [email protected] ABSTACT.The research explores hesistation Noises Used suggested by McManis, et al (1988). The goals of the of the analysis are to know the hesistation noises used by the speaker and to find out speaker meaning and intention by using those hestitation noises.The research uses a qualitative descriptive method. The data analyzed by using pragmatic approach. The speaker uses hesistation noises: Uh, Umm, Ehm, Uh-uh, and Uh. The speakers use those hesistation noises to show uncertainty and fear, thinking, feeling clumsy and confused, agreement or understanding, and recalling. Keywords: Hesitation noises, speaker, speaker meaning. INTRODUCTION "An utterance is, of course, a Conversation is one way of linguistically coded piece of evidence, cpmmunication that people use to so that verbal comprehension involves interact in their social life. Every day, an element of decoding. However, the the writer finds conversations in films, decoded linguistic meaning is one of talk shows, reality shows, books, and the inputs ... which yields an novels. In these conversations, the interpretation of the speaker's meaning. author finds speeches indicating doubt, " error in mentioning of words, a state in From the above statement, it can be which one speaker and another speak understood that speech is a proof of simultaneously, and a state in which linguistic code, then the verbal the speaker uses the form of casual understanding includes how to pronunciation in the conversation. decipher the contents of the code. The Conversations take place meaning of the linguistic code is used spontaneously in place and hence there to give an interpretation of the are many utterances that indicate meaning of speech utterance. hesitations and other things that cause The meaning of speech has a very the conversation to stop (McManis, et broad interpretation. According to al., 1987: 221). McManis, et al. says McManis, et al (1987: 197), meaning that expressions that show doubt and in speech involves a broader what causes the conversation to stop is interpretation of semantic an example of the characteristics of a interpretation. Therefore, the conversation. In this research, the characteristic of hesistation noises author only discusses one conversations used by speakers has characteristic of the conversation is meaning. Therefore, writer interested hesistation noise. to analyze hesistation noises and McManis, et al. says that the interpretation hesistation noises used features of conversation including speakers. The data is a movie because hesistation noises are not a form of the film provides a good view of audio error but rather a term to describe the and visuals so as to facilitate the author characteristics contained in the to see the circumstances around. This structure of conversation. is in line with the opinion of Verhaar http://ejournal.unkhair.ac.id/index.php/humano | 197 e-ISSN:2597-9213; ISSN:1978-6115 Jurnal Penelitian Humano, Vol. 9 No. 1 Edisi Juni 2018 (1970: 14) that the level of expression hesistation noises and its speaker and the level of the situation and both meanings. In addition, the author can become the determinant of the level of apply the theories that have been meaning. Lubis (1991: 18) in Verhaar obtained during the lecture about the states about the types of language structure of conversation that shows theories are based on: the ways or forms of communication 1. Expression that are often found in interaction with 2. The meaning of speech others. 3. Situation The main theory used by the author The use of hesistation noises is in this study is hesistation noises (one very influential on the attainment of the characteristics of conversation) meaning intended by speakers. To proposed by McManis. et al (1987) in understand the characteristics of the the Language Files. One feature of this conversation and the meanings conversation is hesistation noises. The contained therein, it can be analyzed use of Hesistation Noises shows by looking at the situation and context, certain ways that speakers speak in as a guide that supports interpretations. conversation. How to interpret the Context is an important factor hesistation noises in the conversation used to interpret the meaning intended can be understood by looking at the by speakers. Therefore, the author uses situation and context. Pragmatics pragmatic analysis where through discusses the meaning contained in pragmatic, the meaning of speakers speech by looking at situations and interpreted by seeing also context. contexts. Pragmatics and context are Hesistation noises as one of the very important to interpret the speaker characteristics of a conversation is part meaning. Pragmatics will be used as a of the structure of the conversation. tool for analyzing the speaker's intent One of the features of conversation is in his engagement in the conversation. hesistation noises discussed by Pragmatics is the study of meaning McManis, et al. in the Language File in relation to the said situations. In this (1987: 221). In addition, other linguists case, pragmatics serve as a guide for also gave an explanation of hesistation researching what the speakers speak, noises, such as Richards (1982) in his examining the meaning of the context, book On Conversation, Yule (1996: and studying the words that are few but 71) who discussed the structure of wide or numerous (Yule, 1998: 3). conversation and preference structure, Yule (1988: 71) also says that and Lerner 2004) in his book knowledge of structures in the Conversation analysis. conversation is necessary because the Based on the explanation above, the structure of the conversation is an author is interested to discuss the important aspect of pragmatics. In hesistation noises used by the speakers addition the author also uses other and the speaker meaning linguistic theories that support the conveyed.Therefore, the entitle of the writing of journals, the theory research is :"Hesistation Noises proposed by Coulthard (1977), Analysis Used Homer and Bart in the Victoria Fromkin and Robert Rodman film The Simpsons." (1978), Richard (1982), Levinson, et The usefulness of this research is to al. (1983), Richard and Schmidt increase the experience, insight and (1983), Wardhaugh (1986), Tarigan knowledge of the author on the part of (1990), Searle (1992), Lubis (1994), the structure of the conversation that is http://ejournal.unkhair.ac.id/index.php/humano | 198 e-ISSN:2597-9213; ISSN:1978-6115 Jurnal Penelitian Humano, Vol. 9 No. 1 Edisi Juni 2018 Mey (1998), Cutting (2002), and makes as the basis of the conversation. Lerner (2004). According to Lubis himself, pragmatic responsiveness is determined by Classification of Actions context (based on situation, speaker, In his book On conversation, location, etc.). Richard (1982: 5) writes the Yule (1996) suggests that A classification of speech acts according presupposition is something the to Searle (1976). The classification of speaker assumes to be the case prior to speech acts are classified according to making an utterance. He also added what the speaker means: Speakers, not sentences, have a. Representatives presupposition. From the explanation, This speech acts have the function of it can be understood that telling people about things, such as presupposition is the thing that the asserting (claiming), saying (stating), preacher assumes before to say an and reporting (reporting). utterance. b. Commissives (Commissive) Tarigan (1986: 40), provides a This speech acts to say that speakers definition of presupposition or will do something, like promises and presupposition according to threats. Finocchiaro (1982: 9): c. Directives "... there are still other factors This speech acts to make the speakers contributing to the smoothness of do something, such as suggestions, conversations or acts of speech, among requests, and commands. other things," real-world experiences d. Expressive (Expressive) "used by people in conversations This speech acts to function to express involving them-or at least what they feelings and attitudes about the state of learn-if full understanding of their the relationship, such as apologies meaning is accomplished," which can (apologies), regrets (regrets), and be termed with presupposition or thanks (thanks). ('forecasts, conjectures) which are a major basis for a study of how e. Declarations (Declarative) interactions are between semantics.' This speech acts to provide a change in a relationship state, for Hesistation Noises example when we resign, by saying "I Every individual involved in the resign." When firing someone, by conversation will give different saying "You're fired," or when utterances or reactions because of the marrying someone by saying "I do." different factors that lie behind them. Likewise the characteristics of the Prediction conversations that speakers use in a As a basis for viewing the function conversation. McManis, et al (1987: of conversational features used by 221) suggests ten conversational speakers and speakers, presupposition features, but the author just dicuss one can be used. of them, that is hesistation noises. Lubis (1991: 63) suggests that The sound of doubts / pauses according to Stalnaker the filled like the sound of uh and um, has Presupposition is what is taken by the the meaning: "As used frequently by speakers to be the common of the most people in spontaneous participants in the conversation. The conversation, even many teachers and assumption is something the speaker broadcasters who try to speak as http://ejournal.unkhair.ac.id/index.php/humano | 199 e-ISSN:2597-9213; ISSN:1978-6115 Jurnal Penelitian Humano, Vol. 9 No. 1 Edisi Juni 2018 fluently as possible. These sounds have context that complements the many uses in the conversation, but conversation is indicated by social most of them are speakers.” relationships between Homer and the Hence, it can be understood that West as fathers and children.