AN ANALYSIS OF PREFERENCE ORGANIZATION AS SEEN IN CALIBRE MOVIE

This research aims to identify the ways of conveying the types of preference performed by the characters in Calibre movie. This research used a descriptive qualitative method. 70 utterances transcribed and then identified as many as 31 data. The utterances from the characters in Calibre movie were specified as data. They were taken from the transcript of the movie and used as an interpretation of the context. The main instrument was the researcher assisted with the movie and its transcript. In analyzing the data, the theory of Yule’s conversation analysis was used. This theory clarified the forms of the preferred and dispreferred acts including the types and ways of performing. The results showed that there are nine ways to convince the types of preference: (1) delaying/hesitating, (2) prefacing, (3) expressing doubt, (4) using token yes, (5) mentioning obligation, (6) making a non-personal reason, (7) giving an account, (8) direct agreement and direct declination, and (9) arguing.