An Analysis of Politeness Strategies Used By Characters in Victoria and Abdul Movie 2017
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 4
Abstract
Numerous Studies Have Found That Movie Is Beneficial To Be Used In English Learning. It Can Easily Motivate The Students Acquiring The Language. Since The Movie Contains Utterances By The Characters In It, There Must Be Speech Acts Exist In The Movie. One Of Speech Act May Be Used Is In The Form Of Request. In Requesting Something, Someone May Use Politeness Strategies Depend On Whom They Want To Speak. Thus,This Present Research Aims To Find Out (1) Whether The Types Of Politeness Strategies In Victoria And Abdul Movie Are In Accordance With Politeness Strategies Proposed By Brown And Levinson (1987) Or Not, (2) What Type Of Politeness Strategies Most Frequently Appeared In Victoria And Abdul Movie, And (3) Which Character(S) Use Politeness Strategies Most Frequently Than The Others. The Research Design Of The Study Is Descriptive Qualitative. The Data Are The Utterances In Conversation Of Victoria And Abdul. The Result Shows That (1) The Types Of Politeness Strategies In Victoria And Abdul Movie Are In Accordance With Politeness Strategies Proposed By Brown And Levinson (1987);(2) Bald On Record Is The Most Frequent Politeness Strategies Appeared In Victoria And Abdul Movie; And (3) There Are Five Characters Who Used Politeness Strategies More Frequently In Requesting Something, They Are Queen Victoria, Abdul, Berite, Dr. Reid, And Alice Yorke. It Can Be Indicated That Bald On Record Is Mostly Used By The Characters Because There Is A Power , Social Status, Or Close Relationship Among The Characters, Which Made The Speaker Provided No Effort To The Listener In Requesting.
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Ketrin Viollita
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