The Adjacency Pairs in the Bing Bunny Animated Series

Abstract

An animated series narrated about a preschool bunny named Bing shows how he interacts
with the world around him with the support of his caretaker through little everyday
experiences. The goal of this study is to explore the pattern of adjacency pairs among
Bing and his friends with their caregivers in the Bing Bunny animated series. This study
applied qualitative methods and conversational analysis. The data was gathered from the
conversation of all characters in Bing Bunny's official channel on YouTube. The result
shows that adjacency pairs in five episodes of the Bing Bunny animated series consist of
10 types. They are greeting-greeting, summon-answer, question-answer, request
acceptance, request-refusal, offer-accept, blame-denial, apology-minimization, assertion
agreement, announcement-acknowledgement. The adjacency pair patterns reveal the
successful engagement among the children and the caregivers. The exposure of adjacency
pairs to children will contribute to language acquisition, cognitive development, social
understanding, and overall learning.