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HEDGES REALIZED IN OPRAH WINFREY’S TALK SHOW FEAT J.K ROWLING

Aditiana, Astri (2015) HEDGES REALIZED IN OPRAH WINFREY’S TALK SHOW FEAT J.K ROWLING. Undergraduate thesis, UNIVERSITY OF STIKUBANK ( UNISBANK ) SEMARANG.

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Abstract

This research paperentitled Hedges Realized in “Oprah Winfre‟s Talk Show feat J.K Rowling”.When people talk, sometimes they used hedges in their utterences. The objectives of the study are to describe the types of the hedges that aremostly used in ―Oprah Winfrey‟s Talk Show feat J.K Rowling‖ and to find out the reason why the writer used hedges in ―Oprah Winfrey‟s Talk Show feat J.K Rowling‖. As a descriptive research, the study was conducted by collecting any relevant data and information about the topic or problem of the study. The data collection used the following steps:watching Oprah Winfrey‟s Talk Show Feat J.K Rowling, downloaded the transcript of the Oprah Winfrey‟s Talk Show Feat J.K Rowling, and documenting the data collection. Observing words and phrase written in transcript on the “Oprah Winfrey‟s Talk Show feat J.K Rowling”. The researcher analyzed sentences that have hedging particles, words, and phrases used in“Oprah Winfrey‟s Talk Show feat J.K Rowling”.This study focuses on the hedges used in “Oprah Winfrey‟s Talk Show feat J.K Rowling”.In this reserach, there are 305 hedges found in the data. The first category is modal auxiliary verb; there are 78 hedges or 25,65%. The second category is modal lexical verb; there are 6 hedges or 1,96%. The third category is Adjective, adverbial and nominal phrases; there are 25 hedges or 8,19%. The fourth is approximators of degree, quantity, frequency and time; there are 35 hedges or 11,47%. The fifth category is introductory phrases; there are 122 hedges or 40%. The next category is If clause; there are 17 hedges or 5,57%. And the last category is compound hedges; there are 22 hedges or 7,21%. Accroding to the table above shows that the dominant types of hedges is Introductory phrases.The reason for minimizing the expression of doubt and confidence becomes the first domination in the data. That is 254 hedges or 83,27%. The hedges show tentativeness. The second domination is sensitivity to others‘ feelings with 48 hedges or 15,73%. The lastreason is avoiding playing the expert with 3 hedges or 0,98%. So, the conslusion is the expression of doubt and confidence is the dominant reason from the data.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Additional Information: NIM : 11.03.52.0023 SKR.III.05.01.0531
Uncontrolled Keywords: talkshow, function, hedges, pragmatics
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PE English
Faculty / Institution: Fakultas Bahasa dan Ilmu Budaya
Depositing User: Heri Iskandar
Date Deposited: 01 Feb 2016 02:20
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2016 02:20
URI: http://eprints.unisbank.ac.id/id/eprint/3010

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