Conversation Analysis on “Amber Heard Testifies in Demafation Trial (Johnny Depp V Amber Heard)”

Abstract

This research aims to describe the sequence and structure used in the interview between Amber Heard and the judge in the Heard V Depp Defamation Trial. The methodology used in this study is descriptive qualitative with data sourced from videos from the Law & Crime Network YouTube channel. The data for this study is in lingual form consisting of text, sentences, clauses, phrases, and words. The theory used is Conversation Analysis proposed by Schegloff. Conversational interaction consists of five aspects, such as Opening and Closing, Turn Taking, Feedback, and Adjacancy Pairs. The results of the study show that the judge as an interviewer used aspects of Conversation Opening, Repair, Adjacancy Pair, Turn Taking, and Feedback in giving and responding to questions to Heard throughout the trial. Meanwhile, Heard as a witness in the trial used Conversation Opening, Repair, Adjacancy Pair, Turn Taking, and Feedback. However, in the video the judge did not use the aspect of conversation closing throughout the trial. Thus, it can be stated that the five aspects of conversation interaction other than closing, were used in the conversational interaction between Amber Heard and the judge during the trial.