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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn this research, I observed the differences and/or the similarities of the
types and the functions of fillers produced by the first and the seventh semester
students of the English Department, Petra Christian University, based on the
length of studying time. The data were from the conversations of 20 students for
each semester, in a role-play. The main theories used were from Rose (1998),
Stenstrom (1994), Wu (2001), and Baalen (2001). Furthermore, I conducted this
research in quantitative-descriptive approach.
The findings show that the first semester students produced less fillers than
the seventh semester students. Then, they produced unlexicalized filled pauses as
the most frequently used type of fillers, followed by lexicalized filled pauses and
silent pauses. They also produced fillers in order to fill the pause, to hesitate, to
holding a conversation turn, to empathize, and to edit the term. Hesitating and
filling the pauses are the most frequently used functions. However, mitigating
function did not appear at all.
The conclusion drew is there is no significant difference between the types
and the functions of fillers used by the first and the seventh semester students due
to there are a lot of significant similarities found.