Politeness

direct, clear, unambiguous andconcise way in circumstances where face is not irrelevant or minimized (Culpeper 1995: 356). It is produced by direct commands or impositions (e.g. "Shut the door.", "do your job.").This strategy was enlisted under politeness strategies according to Brown and Levinson's (1987). For them, Bald on record is a politenessstrategy in fairly specific circumstances. For example, when face concerns are suspended in an emergency, when the threat to the hearer's face is very…

The utterances of three characters in English subtitle of Kartini Movie will be analyzed used the table bellow : 1. Kartini’s politeness strategies. a. Negative politeness strategy Kartini have performed Negative politeness strategy for 22 times in this movie, the most frequent negative politeness strategy is question and hedge strategy with 13 times, second is impersonalize S and H, and minimize the imposition strategy with 3 times, third is be conventionally indirect strategy with 2 times,…

Apology and Gender: Why Are Women Always Saying Sorry? How many times have you apologized for something even though you were not at fault? More often than not, women are always saying sorry in everyday situations, such as asking a question or bumping into someone. And it is a widely accepted stereotype that women apologize more than men, but there is more to the interpretations of this gender difference. In June 2014, Pantene challenged this issue with the release of the Shine Strong ad…

In the medieval story of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” the presence of unintentional doings due to Sir Gawain’s impetuousness is displayed continuously throughout the epic. Opposing views claim that Sir Gawain was in fact, aware of the outcomes as a result of his actions and calculated thoughts. There certainly might be evidence to this claim such as the following statement made by Gawain, “such a foolish affair is fitting for a king, so; being first to come forward, it should fall to me”…

In this study, the writer used the functional grammar theory that is introduced by Halliday (1994). Besides that, the writer also used Gerot and Wignell (1994) because they simplify the complicated books by Halliday so the writer can understand the theory better. Thus, the writer quotes more from Gerot and Wignell. In accordance with Gerot and Wignell (1994: 6), Functional Grammar attempts to explain language in actual use and focus on text and their contexts. Functional grammar concerns not…

to ask for information, help from listeners; or ask listeners to do a specific action E.g. Could you give me her phone number? (Ask for information) Would you mind carrying these heavy bags? (Ask for help) Keep quiet! (Ask a specific action) Politeness. Indirect speech act of requests are more polite to be used in communication that makes listeners respected. However, in familiar relationships such as that of friends, family or in the situation of an older speaker requests a younger…

When working with the patients so many times in a day need politeness since dealing patient with good attitude results in trusts, professionalism, and cooperation from the patient. When taking a breathing measurement, the respiratory therapist should always be calm and patient so that the patient will not be under…

Introduction It is considered that language is like “a mirror image of society” or “a system of measurement to evaluate the social perceptions” in various aspects of human life in different societies at different historical timeline. (Khang, 2011). Social changings push the development of language to recognize and reflect those movements. Beside social factors, cultural background, the growth of economy, education… gender also has a huge impact on the way of using language between two groups…

Endah Siti Nurohmah Investigation of gay language This section contains quantitative analysis of language features of homosexual characters in Glee season 3. This analysis is based on Fiscus’s method, which is to count some features of language that stereotypically belongs to women language and men language. The features include hedges, intensifiers, oh my god/like, taboo words, gonna, and guys/man. Lexical hedges and intensifiers are suggested by Lakoff as women linguistic features (Holmes,…

When you think of the word ‘courtesy’ what comes to mind? Is it the act of politeness in one’s attitude and behavior, good manners, respect, chivalry, and generosity? These are all synonyms or the definition of courtesy, but look past what every average human being thinks. Courtesy goes way beyond good manners, respect, and chivalry; it goes into a deeper connection with our peers. It creates a special relation between us and how we all interact with each other. While courtesy is extended all…