A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN COURT REPRESENTED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN LEE’S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

摘要

This research aims to find out the politeness strategies used by the main character in Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird and to describe how the politeness strategies are used by the main character in the court in Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird.udDescriptive qualitative research method was employed and the data were words, phrases and sentences taken from the novel entitled To Kill A Mockingbird. The form of the data was written utterances. The context of the data was the situation during the trial in the novel. The source of the data was the novel entitled To Kill A Mockingbird. The research instrument were the researcher herself and the data sheets. The data were by using teknik simak and catat and validated by using triangulation techniques.udThe findings shows the following: First, there are four types of politeness strategies used by Atticus. They are Bald on Record Strategy, Positive Politeness Strategy, Negative Politeness Strategy and Off Record Strategy. In the application of the types of politeness strategies, Atticus mostly uses positive politeness strategy because during the trial in the courtroom he talks and has conversation with those who are not familiar and close to him, such as the victim and the victim’s father who sits as a witness. Second, in the realization of the politeness strategy, the main character of the novel showing great urgency, efficiency and task orientation in Bald on record strategy because Atticus mostly talks to sheriff who is his close friend.