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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis study deals with conversational analysis that is focused on
interruption. Interruptions are violations of the turn-taking rules of conversation.
The writer believes that there is a purpose behind an interruption. Thus, she would
like to find the types of Miranda?s interruptions in the Devil Wears Prada, and the
mostly used function of interruptions. The writer uses Yang?s (2003) theories, in
which interruptions are classified into three types, that is competitive interruption,
cooperative interruption, and unintentional interruption. While the functions
behind interruptions are clarification, disagreement, shifting topic, supporting
agreement, and completing. By using descriptive quantitative approach, the writer
analyzed the data, and found that Miranda only used competitive interruptions.
The functions behind her interruptions are clarification, disagreement, and shifting
topic, and the most frequently used function is shifting topic.