47 APPENDICES
Appendix 6. The Analysis of the Functions of Phatic Communication of an Indonesian Student and a German’s Talk
Turns Speakers Utterances Functions
1 Veti Sir. To start the talk
2 Chris Yea, good evening. How are you today?
To make chit-chat (opening the talk)
3 Veti Alright. And what about you? To make chit-chat (opening the talk)
4 Chris Uh, I’m actually fine because no student has appeared.
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5 Veti Okay. What’s your name? To make chit-chat
6 Chris My name is Chris. -
7 Veti Where are you from from? -
8 Chris I’m from Germany. -
9 Veti Germany? Can you tell me about Germany?
To make chit-chat (middle of the talk)
10 Chris What do you want to know there?
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11 Veti About the about the atmosphere there, and about the people there, about the food, everything.
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12 Chris Everything. Well, aa German are quite different from aa from the Indonesian people. For example, the Indonesian people are quite friendly and aa they start to like laughing and like to to be friend people to to be happy. German aa not likes aa German are
48 serious. They sudden smile. They (pause) they like complaining a lot.
13 Veti Yea. To sustain or keep the talk
14 Chris Yea. And then they can be quite rude ya also aa we also a fun but we have the different sentence a few month.
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15 Veti Yea. To sustain or keep the talk
16 Chris The food ya, the food is yummy. But mostly not similar for muslim because it’s pork place. So, we have a lot of food made of pork or made from pork em ya, well, the country is actually nice ya. A lot of side slices you depend too you can see aa em but that’s not nice country for living there because everything is so expensive. And, it’s hard to find a very good job.
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17 Veti And then, since when you are here? I mean Indonesia.
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18 Chris I’m in Indonesia since am April 12th, 2011. So, that more than one year.
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19 Veti Okay. Do you enjoy comfort here? Of especially Semarang city.
To sustain or keep the talk
20 Chris (Laughing) Semarang city is boring. Aa..
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49 22 Chris Compare to compare to Jakarta
ya. Compare to Jakarta ya..
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23 Veti Ya, it’s very.. To express solidarity
24 Chris I likes I like I really likes a big cities full of life ya you know, I lived in Hongkong before and..
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25 Veti Yea. To sustain or keep the talk
26 Chris Yea. And it’s, it’s a big city and hongkong never, people in Hongkong never sleep. I enjoy lived it. Em in Semarang it’s after 10 o’clock it’s quite boring ya.
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27 Veti Yea. To sustain or keep the talk
28 Chris You said that city belong the street anymore?
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29 Veti Yea. To sustain or keep the talk
30 Chris And, over all em life in
Indonesia is a much better than in any European country. Or, most European countries are em not yea a lot of bad scenes. I don’t be life but over whole life living in Indonesia.
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31 Veti Yea. And then, what’s your hobby?
To sustain or keep the talk
32 Chris My hobbies? Ow, I’ve a lot of hobbies. I I like aa sports.
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33 Veti Yea. To sustain or keep the talk
34 Chris Football, basketball. I do ikimo. Em, I like airsoft.
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35 Veti Airsoft gun. To sustain or keep the talk
50 Veti (Laughing)
37 Chris I like aa going to cinema, watching movies. I like listen to music and the like cooking.
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38 Veti What’s movie do you like? To sustain or keep the talk
39 Chris Ow, I prefer especially action movies.
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40 Veti Action. To sustain or keep the talk
41 Chris And Hongkong movies white Chinese movie in German.
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42 Veti Do you like Hongkong white Chinese ya, right?
To sustain or keep the talk
43 Chris Hongkong is my favorite city. -
44 Veti Ow, why? To sustain or keep the talk
45 Chris Yea. I da I don’t know aa. When I moved to moved to Hongkong for first time, um I totally fell in love with Hongkong and my life hasn’t changed ya and I still love Hongkong um it’s a great city, but ee it’s the people are not the great. The people are difficult. Chinese people are general difficult.
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46 Veti So, why don’t you move to Hongkong? (laughing)
To sustain or keep the talk
47 Chris Too expensive. -
48 Veti Too expensive. To sustain or keep the talk
49 Chris Ya! -
51 51 Chris Ya. Li..life in Hongkong is very
expensive. You know, you pay for, if you wanna run to flat.
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52 Veti Ya. -
53 Chris Ya. For the same grade, forty scale meter, you pay about 6.000 Hongkong dollars. About seven million rupiahs per month.
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54 Veti Per month? -
55 Chris Per month. In Indonesia, are you can get a similar flat floor seven million rupiahs per year so.. (pause)
So, Hongkong is really expensive.
To break the silence
56 Veti What’s your job? To sustain or keep the talk
57 Chris In Job? My job? I’m an English teacher, at English First.
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58 Veti At English First? To sustain or keep the talk
59 Chris Ya! -
60 Veti Ow, do you enjoy your job? To sustain or keep the talk 61 Chris Sometimes, when if students
you are late, I don’t enjoy.
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62 Veti (Laughing) Ow late, great aa.. To create harmony
63 Chris Like some of my students ya. I think um I don’t want to say names ya. But, we those know what talking about ya.
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64 Veti Ee, so you are discipline man. - 65 Chris I’m dreamin’ be like to be
discipline.
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66 Veti Okay. -
67 Chris We like to follow rules. We have a lot of discipline. (pause)
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68 Veti Is you enjoy here? I mean aa your job, teach.
(pause)
To break the silence
69 Chris I just answer the question. -
70 Veti I mean aa.. So, what do you if you get bored?
To sustain or keep the talk
71 Chris What do what do what do I’m get bored? Well, sometimes I go to cinema, watching movie.
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72 Veti Alone or with your.. To sustain or keep the talk
73 Chris Is my wife. And, aa ya! Well, I’m in also club. So, on Sunday, I will to be. On Sunday, I will play ee airsoft or I check bicycle of my family, enjoy brother lunch. Over, I am not bored very often.
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74 Veti Okay Sir, thank you for your time and thank you. (laughing)
To give chit-chat (closing the talk)
