Conversation Analysis of Turn-taking Technique in "Ellen Show" Talkshow

The research discussed about conversation analysis of turn-taking technique in
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one of the best popular talk show in American. The aims of this study were: (1) to
find out the types of turn-taking techniques that used by the host of
talk show by using Sacks (1974) in Garcia and Jacobs (2010) (2) to find out how
the differences of turn-taking between male and female guests
talk show by using Pennebaker, J. W. (2007). The descriptive qualitative method
is being used in this research. The data were derived from the dialogue script,
which was transcribed from the video. The findings of the study revealed that: (1)
there were three types of turn-taking current speaker select next, next speaker selfselection,
current speaker continue. The highest frequency was current speaker
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select next which appeared 21 times, next speaker self-selection was the second
highest frequency which occurred 19 times, then the lowest frequency was current
speaker continue produced by the host and guests which appeared 4 times in eight
episodes. (2) In all eight episodes, women take more turns in talking seven times
than males three times.