The Analysis of Types and Function of Interjection Used in Webtoon Digital Comic

The aims of this research is to describe the types and function of interjections used in Webtoon Digital Comic. The type of this research was a descriptive qualitative research. The data were taken from five genre of Webtoon Digital Comic, they were drama, fantasy, romance, sci-fi and comedy. The data were collected by download 1 title in each 5 genres and then used highlighter to identifying the types and function of interjection. The researcher used table instrument to categories the types and function of interjection used. It is found there are primary and secondary interjection, but the most commonly used is primary interjection that has appeared 333 times, while for secondary interjection it just appeared in 173 times. The results showed that in primary interjection the most frequently found was Expressive function with 167 times with (50.15%), followed by Phatic that has frequency 95 times with (28.53%), and the lowest frequency was comes from Conative that appeared 71 times with (21.32%). Furthermore, in Secondary Interjection the highest frequency comes from swearing words that appered in 91 times with (52.60%), for attention getter and alarm calls there is no significance difference, appeared in 36 and 35 times with ( 20.81%) and (20.23%).