ultural Phatic Communication Expression in The Movie Entitled Toba Dreams

Abstract

This research discussed Phatic Communion in the movie "Toba Dreams" by Benny Setiawan which intended to describe the forms of phatic communion with Jean Aitchison's theory and the functions of phatic communion with Jumanto's theoretical based on the dialogues of the movie. This research focused on Batak Toba utterances of phatic communion to know how the Toba Batak culture is represented through the film "Toba Dreams". This research method used qualitative research and note-taking technique to find the data. The data collection techniques used were documentation study, observation study, literature study, and online data search. The objects analyzed were nineteen scenes in Toba Dreams. The findings showed that the forms of phatic communion that the characters used were Ritual words are exchanged when people meet, Standart topic of conversation, and Meaningless words or misunderstood words. And the functions of phatic communion were: Avoiding the Silence, Breaking the Silence, or Saying Something Obligatory; Starting a Conversation or Opening a Contact; Making Chit-Chat or a Relatively Unfocused Conversation; Keep Talking; Expressing Solidarity; Creating Harmony; Creating Comfort; Expressing Empathy; Expressing Friendship or Camaraderie; Expressing Respect or Deference and Expressing Politeness. The conclusions of this research based on the cultural phatic communication of Batak Toba utterances in the movie entitled "Toba Dreams" are used three forms of four forms in phatic communion and eleven functions of twelve functions in phatic communion by the characters in the movie.