Surakarta English and Literature Journal
Vol 8 No 1 (2025): Volume 8 Number 1 February 2025

Interpersonal Meaning in Billie Eilish Interview: Hit Me Hard and Soft Album

Putri Farida Nur Afifah (Unknown)
Nurholis (Unknown)
Irman Nurhapitudin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Feb 2025

Abstract

This study aims to examine conversation in interviews with Billie Eilish about her new album by identifying mood systems, speech functions, and the interpersonal relationship that Billie Eilish built with the interviewer. The research employs a descriptive qualitative method with a discourse analysis approach and document analysis as the data collection technique. According to the findings of this study, the most common mood type is declarative mood, followed by interrogative mood (polar and wh-interrogative mood), imperative mood, and exclamative mood. Meanwhile, the most common speech function is a statement. Furthermore, to be aware of how Billie Eilish establishes interpersonal relationships by examining mood and residue, combining mood types, applying the speech function, and the interacting contract. Studying interpersonal meaning may help us understand how language can produce meaning in a social context and how the interaction between Billie Eilish and the interviewer. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

selju

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The aim of SELJU is to provide a venue for academicians, researchers, and practitioners for publishing original research articles or review articles. The scope of the articles published in this journal deals with a broad range of topics such as Linguistics, Translation, Literature, and another ...