AN ANALYSIS OF DISPREFERRED RESPONSES EXPRESSED BY MEI LEE IN “TURNING RED” MOVIE

Abstrak

This research aims to describe the types of dispreferred responses expressed by Mei Lee, the female lead character in Turning Red movie, and to reveal the functions of the dipreferred responses respon used by Mei Lee in the movie. This research used a descriptive qualitative approach. The data were the second part utterances spoken by Mei Lee. The dialogues between Mei Lee and the other characters in the movie were used as the context of the data. Meanwhile, the data source is Turning Red movie. The primary instrument of this research was the writer himself. The writer analyzed the data taken from the movie script as the secondary instrument. The results of this research are as follows. First, there are four of five types of dispreferred responses found in the movie. They are (1) assessment-disagreement, (2) invitation/offer-refusal, (3) question-no/unexpected answer, and (4) blame- admission. Question-no/unexpected answer dispreferred response is the main type performed by Mei Lee in the movie. This happened since he was a bit rebellious and hard to answer other characters' question because of situation. Second, there are four functions of dispreferred responses found in the Turning Red movie. All functions are based on the situational context in which the conversation occurs. The functions of dispreferred responses are (1) to express the speaker's disagreement, (2) to defend the speaker's argument, (3) to state the speaker's own reasons, and (4) to express the speaker's opinion. Mei Lee often uses dispreferred responses to express the speaker's rejection and to express the speaker's disagreement. These functions emerge as a result of Mei Lee's disagreement with the first speaker's opinion or assessment of her.