Phatic Communication in movie clip “English Conversation 81” on YouTube By English Conversation

Abstract

Abstract: In communication, we need a phatic communication to create a good relationship with the person we’re talking with. Phatic communication is small talk or chit-chat. It has a purpose, to create good social relationship, to keep in touch in communication, but sometimes the conversation don’t have any specific information to share with others. The purpose of this study is to analyze the phatic communication in "English conversation 81." In this study, a descriptive-qualitative method was used. The researcher identified 8 data categories and 12 examples in "English conversation 81". The results showed that the use of phatic communication in this movie is for breaking the silence (It contains four, there are: greetings, mentioning names, commenting on something obvious it could be directly and indirectly), small talk or chit-chat (only one example) used by speakers and listeners, keeping talking (It contains two example). Next is for expressing solidarity (only one example), expressing politeness (only found one example), creating comfort, expressing friendship (only found one example), and the last one is for expressing empathy (only found one example). Keywords: communication, phatic communication, English conversation 81 (2021) movie clip