Analysis Of Politeness Strategies In Command Used By Main Characters In Movies Entitled “Facing The Giants”, “Dangerous Minds” And “The Ron Clark Story”

摘要

In communication, the speakers should be polite toward the hearers by considering their social level, age, situation, and condition. The current study focused on the use of politeness strategies, especially in command. The aims of the study are to identify the types of sentence in command utterances, the use of politeness strategies, and to investigate the factors that influence the main characters in applying politeness strategies in command. udThe data were politeness utterances in command used by main character in 3 drama movies: “Facing the Giants”, “Dangerous Minds”, and “The Ron Clark Story”. Those movies were selected because most of the setting at school in which it is place to teach politeness in interaction between teachers, as the main character, and students. The data were analyzed using politeness strategies purposed by Brown and Levinson (1987).udThe result of this study shown that there are two types of sentence in command: declarative sentence and imperative sentence. The characters applied two types of politeness strategy in giving command: bald on record (24 data) and positive politeness (4 data). The factors that influenced in employing politeness strategies in command were the speakers have higher status than the hearers, the size of imposition between the speakers and the hearers were small, and the situation were urgent and emergency in which the speakers and the hearers involved. The results of the study have theoretical contribution to the field of politeness. In addition, they have practical contribution since they provide an insight of how politeness strategies can be used to enhance communication skill.ududKeywords: Politeness, Politeness Strategies, Command, Movies.