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.
