Conversation Analysis in The Man Who Knew Infinity Movie

Abstract

Movie is one of literature works which are interesting to discuss. One of them is The Man Who Knew Infinity. There are educational value such as respect to other, freedom and expression, tolerance, honour, and patient in this movie. The objectives of the research are to describe the conversation in The Man Who Knew Infinity movie by Harvey Sack theory, and to describe the effect of conversation. This study uses a descriptive qualitative research design with conversation analysis which is developed by Harvey Sack. To collect the data, the researcher uses documentation method. The movie conversation analyzed by using the model of conversation analysis by Harvey Sack consists of three elements: turn-taking, adjacency pairs, and sequences. In this research, the researcher found two interruptions in turn-taking. In adjacency pairs, it is found out one a blame and a denial, three a question and an answer, one a complaint and an apology. For the sequences, there are two sequences in this movie conversation. The effects of interruption are the feelings of mad, depressed, and disappointed toward other people opinion or treatment. The effects of adjacency pairs are good response or rejection. The effect of sequences is easiness to response an utterance.