A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF AN AUTISTIC PERSON’S LANGUAGE IN TEMPLE GRANDIN MOVIE

Kiswandari, Fitria Nur (2014) A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF AN AUTISTIC PERSON’S LANGUAGE IN TEMPLE GRANDIN MOVIE. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This research is a psycholinguistic study of an autistic person’s language in Temple Grandin. The objectives of this research are (1) to explain the kinds of responses and (2) to explain the features of autistic person represented by the autistic character in Temple Grandin. This research employed descriptive qualitative method with the researcher as the main instrument and the data sheets as the secondary instrument. The object of this research was the movie entitled Temple Grandin. The data were in the form of utterances which contain and reflect the phenomenon of autistic responses and the features of an autistic person. The source of data was the script of the movie. After being collected, the data were categorised and analysed based on each category. To enhance the trustworthiness of the data in this study, theory and expert method were applied. The results of the research show two important points. First, based on the findings of the research, there are 3 kinds of responses, namely cognitively irrelevant responses (CI), cognitively relevant responses (CR), and cognitively disruptive and socially inappropriate responses (CDI). In cognitively disruptive and socially inappropriate responses, there are odd responses (OD), relevant but not too polite responses (RNP) and marginally relevant responses (MR). Cognitively disruptive and socially inappropriate responses are the highest phenomena because Temple Grandin has problems in interacting with other people and understanding the conversational topic. When Temple Grandin talks to others, she is able to give relevant responses but she has difficulties in interacting with others. Second, there are seven out of nine features of autistic person. The seven features experienced by Temple Grandin are inability to develop relationship, non-communicative use of spoken language, delayed echolalia, pronominal reversal, repetitive and stereotype play, maintenance of sameness, and good rote memory. Inability to develop relationship ranks in the highest position because individual with autism has difficulty in making friends and in socialising.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Psycholinguistic, kinds of responses, and features of autistic person
Subjects: Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User: Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS
Date Deposited: 26 May 2015 02:53
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2019 22:49
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/19408

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