Abstract :
This study is about pre-sequences, utterances which are usually used
before announcing, arranging, inviting, requesting, and closing something. More
specifically, this study focuses on the conversations of the first four movies of
Harry Potter, which are Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The writer finds out what the differences in using
the pre-sequences between the subjects in the movies and their two kinds of
interlocutors when they are having conversations. In analyzing the data, the writer
uses Levinson's theory (1983) of pre-sequences and its classification. For the
findings, the writer finds that all types of pre-sequences, that is, pre
announcement, pre-arrangement, pre-invitation, pre-request, and pre-closing, are
used by the subjects and their interlocutors, the intimates and the distant.
Furthermore, pre-request is used more frequently between the intimates.
Meanwhile, pre-announcement is used more frequently between the distant.
Besides, the writer also finds that the subjects have conversation more with their
intimates than distant.