Phatic Utterances By Judges On Audition Britain’s Got Talent

Abstract

This study deals with Phatic Utterances by Judges on Auditions Britain’s Got Talent. It was aimed at investigating the types of Phatic Utterances by Judges on Auditions Britain’s Got Talent, the most dominant types of Phatic Utterances by Judges on Auditions Britain’s Got Talent and function of the type of Phatic Utterances by Judges on Auditions Britain’s Got Talent. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative research. The data taken from judges utterances on Auditions Britain’s Got Talent 2018. There were ten types of phatic categories by Malinowski that used by judges on Audition Britain’s Got Talent 2018, they were: Greeting type with the amount of 37 (20.5%), health- well being with the amount of 13 (7.2%), congratulation type with the amount of 9 (5%), thank type with the amount of 2 (1.1%), purpose or direction with the amount of 8 (4.4%), apology with the amount of 4 (2.2%), agreement with the amount of 35 (19.5%),farewell with the amount of 1 (0.5%),well wish with the amount of 35 (7.2%) , small talk with the amount of 35 (19.5%). The most dominant types of phatic utterances used by judges on Audition Britain’s Got Talent 2018 is greeting type. The function of the most dominant type of phatic utterances used by judges the found on Audition Britain’s Got Talent 2018 are starting communication with audiences, break the silence and creating harmony between judges and audience.