Organization- of- Conversation Analysis in Talk Show (Hilary Clinton on The Ellen Show)

Abstract

This journal entitled Organization of Conversation Analysis in Talk Show (Hillary Clinton on The Ellen Show) was directed to answer two questions: (1) which parts of organization-of-conversation occur in the talk show (Hillary Clinton on The Ellen Show) (2) how is the dominant part of the Organization-of-Conversation relevant to the Talk Show (Hillary Clinton on The Ellen Show). The data of this study were taken from the YouTube channel of The Ellen Show. The data were analyzed using qualitative method in which every sample found in the conversation was described based on their categories in the Organization-of-Conversation. The theory used in analyzing the data was based on the Management of Organization-of-Conversation taken from the book entitled Pragmatics (1983) by Levinson. All parts of Organization-of-Conversation which consist of turn-taking, adjacency pair, overall organization and repair were found in the conversation. Each part was dominating on its own role and affected greatly by the type of the conversation, that is, talk show. For example, the Turn-taking’s A-B-A-B pattern works well in the flow of the conversations since the conversation only consist of two people and the turn of the talking is clear since it was arranged based on the question sheet.