| Summary: | This study entitles "The Phatic Communion in Trade Interaction in
Kertek Wonosobo Traditional Market ". In the case of writing, there is number of
aims of this study. Firstly, it aims to describe the forms, types, and distributions of
phatic communion. Secondly, it aims to describe those backgrounds of phatic
communion forms, types, and distributions. Thirdly, it aims to describe function
of phatic communion usage in the trade interaction in traditional market.
The data of this study are obtained from nonparticipation observation
method by listen to conversations in the trade interaction that occur in Kertek
traditional markets. This method completed by record method by recording the
conversation that occurred using tape recorder. Analysis processes in this study
are based on a sociolinguistic approach as triggered by Hymes (1974) by
associating the data with social context.
From the observation and analysis has been done, there are four
important results from phatic communion by participants in Kertek traditional
markets. The first, each form, type, and distribution of the phatic communion
shows uniqueness compared to those found in the other social community. The
second, there are new results related to previous studies, that small talk are not
only present at the opening and closing sequence as stated by Laver (1974, 1975,
1981) in his study, but also at insertion sequences. The third, as part of language
use in society, phatic communion related to a number of social factors as its
context of use. The fourth, although it is arbiter and it does not contain new
information, phatic communion is still important in relation to its interactional and
social function in the society.
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