Speech Function Analysis of Chris Watts Interrogation Between FBI, CBI, and Frederick Co Police

Abstract

This thesis is entitled Speech function analysis of Chris Watts’s Interrogation with FBI, CBI, and Frederick Co, Police. The video was taken from Netflix and YouTube. This interrogation contains various speech functions and mood types. Descriptive qualitative method used to analyze Chris Watts's interrogation with the FBI, CBI, and Frederick, CO Police. Meanwhile, there were three forms of data, those are video or audio, transcript, and classifying the utterances. The researcher found 9 categories of speech function in the interrogation, those are statements, questions, offer, command, acknowledgment, contradiction, answer, disclaimer, and refusal. Moreover, this thesis also found 10 kinds  of mood types such as declarative, modulated declarative, tagged declarative, interrogative, polar     interrogative, wh-interrogative, imperative, exclamative, elliptical clause, and minor clause. The researcher also analyzed the Interpersonal Roles in Chris Watts’s interrogation with FBI, CBI, and, Frederick Co, Police. In the interrogation Chris creates are the highest speech function of "statement" it is because Chris is a  convict who should state in detail. Whereas Grahm Coder, the FBI representative, produced the highest "question" because he is the investigator. Tammy Lee, the CBI representative, produces the highest speech function of "question" because Tammy has the same roles as Grahm Coder. Dave's highest speech function is "statement" because he acts like he closes to Shannan's family. This thesis also describes the implication of speech function in Chris Watts interrogation with FBI, CBI, Frederick Co, and Police in crime-solving because while interrogating a suspect, the investigators can examine the utterances which are delivered by the suspect whether they are true or false.