An Analysis Of Politeness Strategies Used By Fifth Semester Students At Undikma

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the politeness strategies used by fifth semester
students at UNDIKMA. The research was conducted through a qualitative
descriptive method. Qualitative descriptive method was used in analyzing the
data because it will be explained with words, phrases, and sentences. The data
based on the utterances of the fifth semester students at UNDIKMA. In
collecting data, the researcher used observational and non-participatory
methods, taking notes. The pragmatic identity method is applied in analyzing
the data. The theory used to explain the analysis of politeness strategies is the
theory of Brown and Levinson (1987). There are four politeness strategies
classified by Brown and Levinson, namely Bald on Record, Positive Politeness,
Negative Politeness and Off Record.
The researcher found four politeness strategies used by fifth semester students
at UNDIKMA. The result indicated that were Bald on Record, Positive
Politeness, Negative Politeness and Off Record. The most dominant politeness
strategy used was Positive Politeness. Another dominant politeness strategy
used was Bald on Record, Negative Politeness and the last one is Off Record.