%D 2012
%I UNIVERSITAS NEGERI YOGYAKARTA
%T A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS ON A STUTTERING CHARACTER IN ROCKET SCIENCE
%L UNY9415
%X This study aims at identifying and describing stuttering suffered by the main
character in Rocket Science. The objectives of this study are to identify and
describe (1) the types of dysfluencies, (2) the types of associated behaviors, and (3)
the kinds of treatments experienced by the stuttering character in Rocket Science.
The study was a descriptive qualitative study with the researcher as the main
instrument and the data sheets as the secondary instrument. The object of this
research was the stuttering character’s utterances in Rocket Science. The data were
utterances in the form of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences of the character
containing and reflecting the phenomenon of stuttering. Another data source was
the script of the movie. After being collected, the data were categorized and
analyzed based on each category in psycholinguistic study. To enhance the
trustworthiness of the data in this study, theory and researcher triangulations were
applied.
The result of the research shows three important points. First, there are two
types of speech dysfluencies, namely between-word dysfluencies and within word
dysfluencies. In between-word dysfluencies, there are interjections, multisyllabic
whole-word repetitions, revisions, and phrase repetitions. Then in within-word
dysfluencies, there are blocks (silent pauses), monosyllabic whole-word repetitions,
and repetitions of individual sounds and syllables. Interjections can rank as the
highest phenomenon in between-word dysfluencies because it is the most usual type
of dysfluencies. Even, normal people sometimes experience Interjections to delay
the initiation of a word the speaker expects to get stuck on. Meanwhile, blocks
(silent pauses) in within-word dysfluencies can rank as the highest phenomenon
because it is also the most usual type of dysfluencies too; even normal people
sometimes experience blocks (silent pauses). Then, there are four types of
associated behaviors of a stuttering person, namely eye behaviors, visible muscle
tension, head, torso, and limb movement, and audible inhalations or exhalations.
Eye behaviors can rank as the highest phenomenon in the associated behaviors of
stuttering because this phenomenon is the earliest and most frequently observed
associated behaviors that typically involve the eyes. Some of the more common eye
behaviors are blinking, squeezing the eyes shut during moments of stuttering, side
to-side movements of the eyes, and consistent loss of eye contact with the listener
during instances of types of speech dysfluencies. The last, there are three kinds of
treatments experienced by the stuttering character in Rocket Science. They are
manuevers that can induce fluency, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and speech
therapy. In addition, for the stuttering character, the implementations of those
treatments are successful enough in overcoming the stuttering although the film
shows that the treatments just can help Hal induce his fluency, not to make him
recover from his stuttering.
%A Setya Nugraha Novanda Alim