A STUDY OF LEXICAL BUNDLES FOUND IN ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW

This study focuses on lexical bundles found in Ellen Degeneres show. The objectives of the study are: (1) to find out the types of lexical bundles found in the talk show of Ellen DeGeneres show, (2) to explain the function of the types of lexical bundles found in the talk show. The method of this study is descriptive qualitative design as the research design. However, in qualitative research, the writer becomes the key instrument of the study. To analyze and explain the data conduct interactive data analysis. The data of the study are taken from the utterances between Ellen and her guests during the interview conducted.
Then, the findings of the study shows the types of structural and functional of lexical bundles. In terms of structural types of lexical bundles, 18 data of structural types were found. There were (11) data that found as lexical bundles that incorporate verb phrase, (0) data as incorporate dependent clause, (6) data belongs to the incorporate noun phrase, and the last (1) data that incorporate prepositional phrase were found. Moreover, in terms of functional types of lexical bundles, the data are classified into three functional types: (7) data that indicates referential bundles, (4) data belongs to stance bundles, an (7) data that point out discourse organizer.