JULIANO, NEHE, & HANDAYANI 8 AN ANALYSIS OF FILLERS USED BY BILL GATES IN THE DAVID RUBENSTEIN SHOW Fadil Juliano 1 , Imeldayanti Nehe 2 , Nurma Dhona Handayani 3 123 English Literature Department Faculty of Social and Humanities Putera Batam University 1 email: pb201210060@upbatam.ac.id, 2 email: pb201210020@upbatam.ac.id, 3 email: nurma@puterabatam.ac.id ABSTRACT Fillers are speech markers that are used by speakers to indicate when they are thinking and/or hesitating during their speech. The theory of spoken discourse states that a speaker may use various prefabricated fillers in his or her utterances, including err, ehm, well, I think, you know, if you see, what I mean, and so on Yule (1983) Furthermore, Clark & Tree (2002) stated Fillers provided a communicative function by having a position in the speaker's lexicon. The purpose of this research is to investigate the types of fillers and function filler used by the Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates in the David Rubenstein Show which as the subject of this research. This research was applied descriptive qualitative method. By using the theory of Stenstrom (1994) supported by Rose, (1998). The result of this research, the researcher found two types of filler were used in the show namely, lexicalized and unlexicalized fillers. Base on the analysis of the researcher, found the types of fillers most frequently used were unlexicalized which were used 37 times, and lexicalized fillers which were used 34 times, From the total number of each type of fillers, the most frequently used were you know for 21 times, followed by ee occurred for 19 times. Then, filler eer with the number of occurrences 15 times. The last is filler Well were frequent used 9 times in the utterance. Furthermore, the most function frequent used in the interview were mark of hesitating 38 times and the empathizing used 23 times and followed by well used 9 times. Keywords: Filler, Lexicalized, Unlexicalized 1. INTRODUCTION People regardless of whether they knew it or not, actually generate pauses or delays when they utterance ideas. Pauses and procrastination can occur when a person is afraid, uncertain, or stumbles when speaking. People use fillers to rethink what they want to say in order to gain their understanding. This situation can arise in both formal and informal conversations, although it is most common in formal activities such as seminar speeches, teaching, and learning process interviews. In an interview, the speaker is free to express himself. While speaking, there are a few guidelines to follow. In an informal conversation, the speaker is free to speak without any restrictions. According to Amiridze (2010) mentioned when speakers in a conversation have trouble remembering a word, they can engage in searching for that word. One of the main practices that speakers engage in when searching for a word is word delay. The purpose of this research is to investigate the types and the function of fillers in the Bill Gate’s interview by using several researchers have undertaken to investigate the phenomena of pause filler in conversation, language and so on People make noises as well as words in a conversation, especially if it is a daily conversation. In many aspects, a daily discourse differs from a well-prepared lecture, as Swerts (1998) pointed out, one of the most noticeable contrasts is that an everyday