Turn Taking Analysis In ‘Pitch Perfect 1’ Movie 2012

In conversation, the participants speak to each order in certain order. They have the chance to hold or pass the floor. It called turn taking. According to Sacks (1974) in Garcia and Jacobs (2010), there are three allocation in turn taking, namely: (1) current speaker select next (CSSN), (2) Next speaker self-select (NSSS), and (3) Curent speaker continous. This research aims to: (1) identify the types of turn taking in “Pitch Prfect 1” movie, (2) To describe the intention of turn taking used by participants in “Pitch Prfect 1” movie, and (3)To give reason why certain types of turn taking indicate politeness. This research is included to descriptive qualitative comprehensive research, because the writer analyzes the data by describing the finding. The qualitative research is a research which yields the descriptive data in the form of written or oral words from observing people and behavior. There are three turn aking types used in “Pitch Prfect 1” movie 2012 namely Current Speaker Select Next (CSSN) technique which is used in 62,5% of the data, Next Speaker Self Select (NSSS) technique which is used in 27,5% of the data. The last is Current Speaker Continue (CSC) technique which is used in 25% of data. In using CSSN technique, the speaker has the intention such as to get responses from the hearer (36%), get attention (24%), introducing (16%), suggesting (16%) and match pitch (8%). The intention of NSSS technique is to interrupt or to oppose the argument of the previous speaker (18,18%), convincing (18,18%), leaving (27,27%), interesting (9%), and curiousity (9%). The intention of using CSC technique is to continue the turn when there is no one takes the turn (10%), grumbling (10%), warning (10%), clarifying (40%), and informing (20%). The types of turn taking which produce politeness in conversation is Current Speaker Select Next (CSSN) technique. Keywords: Turn-Taking, CSSN, NSSS, CSC, Politeness