Skripsi
Politeness Strategies Used by the Characters in Finding Neverland Movie (2004)
ABSTRACT
Politeness is one important thing in doing conversation to avoid
misunderstanding between speaker and hearer during the conversation to make the
relationship running more harmony. The purposes of this research were to find out
types of politeness strategies used by the characters in Finding Neverland movie, to find out factors influencing the characters in using politeness strategies in their
communication in Finding Neverland movie, to find out the dominant politeness
strategy used by the characters in Finding Neverland movie. The research method
in this research was descriptive qualitative research. The theory of politeness
strategies by Brown and Levinson (1987) was used to analyze the four types of
politeness strategy.
The result of this research showed that there were fifty eight utterances
represented four politeness strategies used by the characters in Finding Neverland
movie. Fourteen utterances represented of bald on record strategy, twenty seven
utterances represented of positive politeness strategy, so that positive politeness
strategy is the most dominantly used by the characters in Finding Neverland
movie, because by applying this strategy, the message can be accepted by the
hearer well and this strategy reduces the social distance between the speaker and
the hearer, sixteen utterances represented of negative politeness strategy and one
utterance represented bald off record strategy. There are 2 factors influencing the
choice of politeness strategies used by the characters in Finding Neverland movie.
They are intrinsic payoff and relevant circumstances. The results of this research
are expected to give further information about politeness strategies based on
Brown and Levinson theory (1987). This research will increase student knowledge
and understanding about the use of politeness strategies in communication.
Key words: Pragmatics, Context, Politeness Strategies, Movie.
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