Cahyono, Agus Eko (2006) Politeness strategies used by the main character of comedy film entitled: The pacifier. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
In non-hostilc social communication, people tend to choose strategics to have polite conversation in the purpose of achieving their final goal by maintaining other’s face. Politeness strategies are developed in order to save the hearers' "face." Face refers to the respect that an individual has for him or herself, and maintaining that ”self-esteem1’ in public or in private situations. Politeness phenomena can also appear in visual form such as film, since it provides utterances along with the image that show us how the main character interacts with others. The image and even the context can contribute to the researcher's thorough analysis of a film. Hence, in this case, the researcher chooses to investigate the politeness phenomena in a comedy film entitled "The Pacifier".
In this investigation, the main character’s utterances arc analyzed to find the politeness strategies usage which covers the use of four politeness strategies, namely bald on record, positive politeness, negative politeness, and off record. This study aims at answering the research problem: what and how the politeness strategies used by the main character of the comedy film.
The descriptive qualitative method is used to conduct this research, because this research describes and explains the politeness phenomena used by the main character of the film. It presents the data in the forms of words or utterances, rather than numbers which rely very much on the rich narrative description.
Based on the findings of the study, the politeness phenomena found in the main character’s utterances can be described as follows: First, bald on record strategy which is used in the situation in which s wants to achieve the maximum efficiency of his utterance: by expressing emergency, metaphorical urgency, care's wish, power, care, permission, greeting, and offer. Second, positive politeness strategy which is used in the condition in which s tries to minimize the distance between expressing friendliness and solid interest by giving a notice, intensifying interest, seeking agreement, avoid disagreement, making a joke, asserting wants/willingncss, making offer and promise, giving reasons, and giving goods, sympathy, understanding, cooperation. Third, negative politeness strategy which is used in the situation in which s has the main focus on assuming that he is imposing and intruding on H’s space by direct request, ordering softly, being pessimist, and apologizing. Fourth, off record strategy which is used in the condition to take some pressures off of the hearers by the use of hints, overstatement, metaphors, and ambiguity.
This study can lead the next researchers to conduct research on politeness strategies in the other kinds of film and not limited on the main character's utterances for the sake of enriching the discourse studies. It is also hoped that the study on politeness involving language other than English can be conducted; so, it can broaden the knowledge in applying linguistic aspects in various languages.
Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate) |
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Supervisor: | Syafiyah, Syafiyah |
Keywords: | Politeness strategies; Comedy Film; The Pacifier |
Departement: | Fakultas Humaniora > Jurusan Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
Depositing User: | Koko Prasetyo |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2024 10:42 |
Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2024 10:42 |
URI: | http://etheses.uin-malang.ac.id/id/eprint/59147 |
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