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A Study of Adjacency Pairs in The Late Late Show With James Corden: (A Case Study in An Afternoon With Prince Harry and James Corden Episode)
A Study of Adjacency Pairs in The Late Late Show With James Corden: (A Case Study in An Afternoon With Prince Harry and James Corden Episode)
Mutiara Indah
Universitas Kebangsaan Republik Indonesia
mutiaraindah@ukri.ac.id
Abstract
This study is called "A Study of Adjacency Pairs in The Late Late Show with James Corden, A Case
Study in An Afternoon with Prince Harry and James Corden." The episode looks into certain social
actions that are shown by what a pair says and what they like. Data were analyzed using Harvey
Sack (1986) and Yule (1996) theory This research tries to find kind of adjacency pairs which are
included in conversation between James and Prince Harry, which are the dominant types of
adjacency pairs, and the particular social action that is revealed between James and Prince Harry.
The. This research applied descriptive qualitative method with case study design to obtain the result.
the data that were analyzed were taken from The Late Late Show with James Corden YouTube
channel that were including transcribing, identifying, coding, describing and interpreting. The
researcher found thirty-five pairs utterances that construct in the conversation between James
Corden and Prince Harry which are ten types of adjacency pairs found. At last, researcher found
that question-answer is the dominant types of adjacency pairs that relate with this research subject,
Talk Show, which absolutely will contain question answer segment and preferred response is the
dominant preference structure which indicates both James and Prince Harry close to each other in
pragmatic perspective.
Keywords: adjacency pairs, preference structure, talk show, distancei
INTRODUCTION
Humans are by nature always want to be connected with other humans. One of the
ways that humans can connect with each other is by communicating. For humans,
communication is something that cannot be separated from life, because according to Harold
D. Lasswell (Hafied Cangara, 2018), communication has three basic functions; first as a
human desire to control their environment; second as a human effort to adapt to their
environment; third as a human effort to transform the legacy of socialization. It can be
concluded that communicating with other human is very fundamental for human in their life.
Conveying their desire and studying other human communication skills through sign symbols
which are then followed by the ability to give meaning to each of these symbols in the form
of verbal language.
To summarize Hanson's (2018) definition of communication: talking to oneself.
Something as simple as a chat or a hug can show your mom how much you care. The face-to-
face method of communication is not the only one used by humans. Interpersonal contact can
occur by phone call, text message, email, or even a greeting card, albeit at a greater emotional
distance than in a face-to-face encounter. The goal of mass communication is to convey a
message to a diverse group of people, the vast majority of whom the communicator has never
met. The number of available channels for giving and receiving feedback is continuously
expanding as a result. Over the past few years, there has been a shift in the transmission of
media material away from legacy media channels and toward online digital media, which gives
viewers greater flexibility in viewing habits and location. It allows people to meet others
without really meeting them.
We can all know this from the news that is broadcast on various information media
platform which people in general, nowadays, are used to accessing, so that information can be
easily obtained. The news conveyed is usually obtained from survey results or through direct
interviews with sources wrapped in various types of programs, one of which is talk shows.
https://doi.org/10.37010/lit.v4i2.909
Descriptive qualitative methodology was used to address the study question and
derive the results presented here. The purpose of qualitative research is to discover the
Our Scope:
significance that people and communities attach to a social or human issue (Creswell Humanities,
& Creswell, 2018). Pick your research strategy as well as your methodology. Study Education,
processes can be guided by a research design, which might be a subset of a qualitative, Management,
quantitative, or mixed methods research strategy. History,
In this kind of research, which is called a "applied case study," a detailed look Economics,
Linguistics,
at a single case is made. This case could be about a single person or event, or it could Literature,
be about a whole program or organization. Cases have time and action limits, and Religion,
researchers use a variety of methods to collect a lot of data over a long period of time. Politics,
The data that used in this research are in from channel YouTube The Late Late Show Sociology,
Anthropology,
with James Corden which joined in YouTube at November 21st, 35 2006 and had been and others.
viewed by more than 9, 7 billion views. This channel has more than 27, 5 million
subscribers, has more than 5,2 thousand videos.
The researcher has collected the data by Using library research and browsing
internet to get some information about adjacency pairs, Using Youtube channel of the
Late Late Show Official to get the video, Transcribing the conversation.
The data that used in this research are in from conversation between the host and the
guest in talk show. So, first the researcher choosing the kind of talk show. In this
research, the researcher chooses the Late Late Show. This talk show is chosen because
it has 27,4 million subscribers; has five thousand videos uploaded; has more than 1000
episodes; and has more than 9,6 billion averages viewers since joined YouTube in
November 21st, 2006.
Vol. 4, No. 2, Qualitative data analysis is a process that requires sequential steps to be followed,
October 2022, from the specific to the general and involving five steps to be followed. The researcher
pp. 730-737 will use these steps. The steps are transcribing, identifying, coding, describing and
interpreting (Creswell & Creswell, 2018). First is transcribing. The researcher will
transcribe the conversation between the host and the guest from the YouTube. Second is
identifying the pairs utterance that included to be analyzed based on topic. This step helps
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2686-5009 Third is coding the pairs utterance to organizing the data. Then, the utterances are
divided based on the sequential position: a first pair part or a second pair part. To be more
specific, the response in the second pair part is also classified into a preferred response
or a dis-preferred response. In some utterances, there are also adjacency pair expansions.
This step is needed to find what kind of adjacency pair included in the conversation
between James Corden and Prince Harry.
Forth is descripting the data found.
Fifth is quantifying the amount of adjacency pairs of each adjacency pairs type
A Study of and expansion found. As the result, the dominant type of adjacency pairs and expansion
Adjacency Pairs can be seen. This step is used to find out which type of adjacency pairs that dominant in
in the Late Late the conversation between James Corden and Prince Harry.
Show With
James Corden: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
(A Case Study in
an Afternoon Results
with Prince
Harry and James
Corden Episode) Table 1. Frequency of Each Types of Adjacency Pairs Found Types of
Adjacency Pairs Found
Types of Adjacency Pairs
Data Found Comm- Asses- Announ- Off- Asses- Ack- Ack- Off-
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Q-A Reject Agree Ack Acc Dis Den Acc Reject
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Amount of Data 30 5
The table shows preference structure to explain social action done between James
A Study of and Prince Harry in The Late Late Show with James Corden. Here, the table shows that
Adjacency Pairs
preferred response is dominated the conversation around 30 data in amount 85,7% than
in the Late Late
Show With dispreferred response which indicate in 5 data in amount 14,3%. According to Yule
James Corden: (1996), preference used to indicate a socially determined structural pattern and does not
(A Case Study in refer to any individual’s mental or emotional desires. So preference observed pattern in
an Afternoon talk not personal wish. So, in talk pattern structurally James and Prince Harry close to
with Prince each other.
Harry and James
Corden Episode) Discussion
Based on explanation data above, there are ten types of adjacency pairs found and
preferred response which is dominant response of social action from second part. The
data found show that question-answer is the dominant types of adjacency pairs that relate
with this research subject, Talk Show, which absolutely will contain question answer
segment.
From the question-answer which done by James Corden and Prince Harry talked
about, they discussed about transportation Prince Harry want to use in that shoot, Prince
Harry first experience in an open top bus, Harry's activity since moved to LA, Harry asked
James about Henry Winkler house, sing bel-air song, James asked Harry Meghan name's
contact in his phone, James’ nickname, Harry's first date with Meghan, Harry's dating
activity, Harry's home activity, The Crown film, actor who appropriate to play Harry's
role, Harry's fatherhood, Harry's son first word, Harry's family zooming time with Queen
Elizabeth and her husband, Harry's life planning after moved to LA and out of lock down,
Harry's reason to step back from royal family, James’ feeling after doing the challenge,
Mutiara Indah, Harry's trick passed the mud obstacle, James’ trick to pass the climb obstacle, people who
Tika Yulianti responsible to that challenge segment. That was all about current issue after Prince Harry
stepped back from royal family and moved to LA.
Another interview, For Your Consideration, CBS Studio program, which had
done by James Corden, James said that Prince Harry was the one who offered to do
something in James CBS show in order to cheer up people in a way. This becomes
significance to The Late Late Show with James Corden for having first sit-down interview
with Prince Harry after his phenomenal decision and it becomes the latest way to produce
new segment of his program to keep it going as James cited in that interview.
According to Prince Harry as a royal family member who had a lot of rules should
be followed like he not allowed to speech without permission, he should dress modestly
and never overtly casual, having all-black outfit when travel, not expressing his opinion
on political matters, showing public display of affection, leaving table discreetly saying
CONCLUSION
Topic of this research is about adjacency pairs and preference structure in pairs
Our focus:
utterances between James Corden and Prince Harry in the Late-Late Show. Based on Social and
three research question, here will present the conclusion. First research question focuses Culture
on finding kind of adjacency pairs in that talk show, second focus on finding dominant
type of its adjacency pairs which did by giving code to data, and the last focus on
interpreting data based on the theory to show how distance reveal from social act which
Our Scope:
was given. Research question number one is about what types of adjacency pairs that are Humanities,
included in the conversation between James Corden and Price Harry. After transcribe the Education,
conversation, researcher found thirty-five data of pairs utterance. Based on the result, Management,
there were ten types of adjacency pairs found from data. Then, research question number History,
two is about which types of adjacency pairs that are included in the conversation between Economics,
Linguistics,
James Corden and Price Harry. Based on the result of research question number one, after Literature,
coding data into types of adjacency pairs, researcher found that question-answer is Religion,
dominant types of adjacency pairs related to the subject of this research, talk show, which Politics,
absolutely contains question-answer segment. The topic that they discussed is showed Sociology,
Anthropology,
differences of Prince Harry who was the royal family and now is a public servant. And and others.
even though James Corden leads this talk show with casual way. So, the interview session
was carried out in relaxed way but still informative and entertaining for the audience.
And last, the third study question considers what kind of social activity takes
place during James Corden and Price Harry's chat. Preferring and disliking can be viewed
from two different angles, the pragmatic and the social, as stated by Yule (1996).
Pragmatically speaking, expressing a preference for one over another suggests a closeness
and speed of connection, while expressing a preference for the opposite suggests a
distance and a lack of connection. Given the hypothesis that the dominance of a preferred
or dispreferred response may be interpreted as the distance between the first and second
parts of a conversation, it is easy to see why people might strive to avoid setting the stage
for dispreferred. The research team determined that James Corden and Prince Harry's
dialogue was predominately dominated by preferred responses, which they based on the
Vol. 4, No. 2, preference structure finding. Since they are both originally from the United Kingdom and
October 2022, James has previously detailed their friendship in an interview, it is clear that they are close
pp. 730-737 friends and that their hometown connection is a strong indicator of their closeness.
Based on the result, researcher suggest to the further research for deeper analysis
about this topic to make it perfect or find other things can find from adjacency pairs analysis
field. For college student, this paper will help you to understand what is adjacency pairs
e-ISSN: analysis about, the types of adjacency pairs, what is preference structure, what things that
2686-5009 can reveal from adjacency pairs analysis
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