The Use of Politeness Strategies In “Split (2016)” Movie: A Pragmatic Study

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Politeness Strategies; Bald on Record; Positive Politeness; Negative Politeness; Off Record

Abstract

This research entitled “The Use Of Politeness Strategies In “Split (2016)” Movie: A Pragmatic Study” which focuses on the type of politeness strategies that is used by the character and what factors led them to use those types of politeness strategies in the movie “Split”. The aims of this research are: (1) to identify and describe the type of politeness strategies used by the characters in the movie “Split”, and (2) to analyze what factors cause the use of politeness strategies by characters in the movie “Split”. Descriptive qualitative as the method to analyze the research. The source of data obtained for this research was taken from a movie entitled “Split” that was released in 2016. There are 31 data of politeness strategies found in the movie “Split”, which in results and findings this research finds 12 Bald on Record, 11 Positive Politeness, 6 Negative Politeness and 2 Off Record. This research also found the factors that led characters in the movie “Split” to use politeness strategies in their utterances. In Bald on Record, characters mostly have Sociological Variables as the factor, in Positive Politeness, characters have Payoffs as the factor why they use its strategies, in Negative Politeness, both Sociological Variables and Payoffs are balanced with each other, while in Off Record there is only Payoffs as its factor. The conclusion from this research is: the most widely used type of politeness strategies is Bald on Record and the factors that most cause the selection of the type of politeness strategies are Sociological Variables.

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AU  - Ervina C. M. Simatupang
AU  - Grizelda Isya Azzahro
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/27
TI  - The Use of Politeness Strategies In “Split (2016)” Movie: A Pragmatic Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Widyatama International Conference on Management, Social Science and Humanities (ICMSSH 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 288
SN  - 2352-5398
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