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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn this research, the writer observed the initiating acts used by the host of
Talk Indonesia in political issues and cultural issues and the comparison of
initiating acts between those two issues. The data was taken from several episodes
of the Talk Indonesia that have topics on political and cultural issues. I used the
theory of the moves and the initiating acts by Stenström (1994), Timberg (2002),
and Marshall and Werndly (2002). In the findings, the writer found that the
highest percentage of initiating acts types in political issues is Inform (37%),
followed by Opine and Polarity Questions (19%), Identification Questions (12%),
Confirmation Questions (10%), Permission Requests (4%) and Action Request
(1%). In cultural issues, the writer found that the highest percentage of initiating
acts types is Inform (39%) followed by Opine (34%), Identification Questions
(19%), Confirmation Questions (6%) Polarity Questions (1%) and Action
Requests (1%). The writer also found that in general, the percentage of Statement
in the political issues (54%) is lower than those in the cultural issues (73%) while
the percentage of Questions in the political issues (41%) is higher than those in
the cultural issues (26%). The conclusion drew that different issues trigger
different initiating acts. The host of Talk Indonesia uses more questions to initiate
in political issues, while he uses more statements to initiate in cultural issues.