Turn-Taking in Indonesia Traditional Market

This current study aimed to examine the turn-taking strategies that are used by
sellers and buyers at Horas traditional market, Pematangsiantar. This study wants
to show the process of turn-taking between sellers and buyers when taking their
turn. Especially on take the turn when sellers and buyers do bargaining process. It
means that which can be looked at how the sellers and buyers manage and take to
the first current or exchanged of talking turn in interaction. The data were analyzed
using Sack Schegloff, and Jefferson (1974) which divided into three kinds, Current
Speaker Select the Next Speaker, Self Select, Current Speaker Continuous. The data
is collected by doing a recorded video about the interaction between sellers and
buyers, Pematangsiantar. The researcher found 40 data to support this study. Based
on the result, the dominant strategies used by sellers and buyers is Current Speaker
Select the Next Speake (50%), the next dominant is Self Select (32,5%), the last
strategies is Current Speaker Continuous (17,5). The reason to use the dominant
types is because the situation that often occurs is one buyer and one seller, so it can
be ascertained that when the buyer becomes the current speaker, the next speaker is
the seller, and vice versa. This study also showed that the most buyer does interact
with seller is female buyers. It makes that the process of bargaining here needs a
long time, different for male buyers, they only make on the bargain.