An Analysis of Positive Politeness Strategies in Bewitched Movie

Alifa Siti Hawa, Hawa and Yanti Yusrita, Yusrita (2023) An Analysis of Positive Politeness Strategies in Bewitched Movie. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

This research is used to analyze positive politeness strategies in Bewitched movie. The form of politeness does not only occur in everyday conversations, but also in the dialogues contained in the movie. The intention of this study is to obtain a positive politeness strategy that is sustainable with Brown and Levinson's theory in Bewitched movie. Bewitched is an interesting subject to analyze in a positive politeness strategy. Bewitched provides a thought-provoking examination of the complexities of politeness in human communication and relationships. Thus, the purpose this research are (1) to find the strategies used of positive politeness strategies by the characters in Bewitched movie. (2) to explain the factors influence the characters to employ those strategies in Bewitched movie. This research applies a qualitative descriptive research. This is done by collecting data, classifying positive politeness strategy data in the utterances spoken by the characters, describing and drawing conclusions in Bewitched movie. Finally the writer gets two points, the first is the writer finds 7 strategies out of 15 strategies. Based on Brown and Levinson, the writer found 7 dialogues contained in 7 positive politeness strategies. The second point, the writer found 2 factors that influence the character to apply the strategy. First, the payoff factor, found 6 data, and the second factor, relevant circumstances, namely social distance, found 7 data. Keywords: Pragmatics, Positive Politeness Strategy, Factor influence, Bewitched.

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