Trustworthiness of the Data
Table 2: The Data Findings of Positive Politeness Strategies Uttered by the Characters in Carnage Movie.
No Positive Politeness Strategies
Frequency Percentage
1 Noticing, attending to H herhis interests, wants, needs, goods, etc.
11 16.42
2 Exaggerating interest, approval, sympathy with H
6 8.95
3 Intensifying interest to the hearer in the speaker’s contribution
2 2.98
4 Using in-group identity markers in
speech 8
11.94 5 Seeking agreement in safe topics
4 5.97
6 Avoiding disagreement 6
8.95 7 Presupposing, raising, asserting
common ground 5
7.46 8 Joking to put the hearer at ease
3 3.95
9 Asserting or presupposing knowledge of and concerning for hearer’s wants
1 1.49
10 Offering, promising 6
8.95 11 Being optimistic that the hearer wants
what the speaker’s wants
2 2.98
12 Including both S and H in the activity 2
2.98 13 Giving or asking for reasons
1 1.49
14 Asserting reciprocal exchange or tit
for tat
15 Giving gifts to H goods, sympathy, understanding, cooperation
10 14.92
TOTAL 67
100
As it is drawn in Table 2, there are 67 occurrences of positive politeness strategies in Carnage movie. The findings clearly show that the characters apply
most of strategies of positive politeness. The one that they do not apply is the strategy of asserting reciprocal exchange or tit for tat. It is because the characters
tend to use the strategy of offering and promising which has similar form with the strategy of asserting reciprocal exchange or tit for tat.
In the highest rank, there are two strategies that appear more than 9 times. Those are the strategies of noticing, attending to H herhis interests, wants, needs,
goods, etc. and giving gifts to H goods, sympathy, understanding, and cooperation. Those are followed by the strategy of using in-group identity
markers in speech in the second rank with 8 data. The third rank is the strategies of exaggerating interest, approval, sympathy with H; avoiding disagreement; and
offering, promising which occur in 6 data. Meanwhile, the last rank is covered by the strategies which have the occurrence less than 6 times, those are the strategies
of intensifying, interest to the speaker to the hearer in the speaker’s contribution; seeking agreement in safe topics; presupposing, raising, asserting common
ground; joking to put the hearer at ease; asserting or presupposing knowledge of and concerning for hearer’s wants; being optimistic that the hearer wants what the
speaker’s wants; including both S and H in the activity; and giving or asking for reasons.