67 From the discussion about the payoffs in bald on record strategy, it can be
concluded that the speaker can get a chance to be clear, efficient, and avoid to be seen as a manipulator. The dialogues presented above show that direct imperative
is the clear example where the speaker can obtain the bald on record payoffs. Therefore, since the speaker can have a chance to avoid being seen as a
manipulator, to be clear, and efficient, it is not necessary to redress the utterances.
3. Negative Politeness Payoffs
The idea of negative politeness payoffs is to give a chance for the speaker to be able to satisfy the hearer‟s negative face. The speaker can obtain the chance
to take distance from the hearer and to pay respect to the hearer from doing the FTA Brown Levinson, 1987. The negative politeness payoffs are exemplified
in dialogue 16.
Dialogue 16 Setting
: At the office. Situation
: Dave wants to include Gretta in producing his music. Participants : Dave, Gretta, and the label officers.
The director : “My assistant, Mim, the beautiful Mim. This is, uh… Mildread
from marketing. Billy there is social media. The rest of the gang you‟ll meet, spend time with. So, uh, Gretta, you‟re going to play
guitar on a track or two, I hope, right? ”
Gretta : “Oh, yeah, sure. I mean, if Dave wants.”
Dave : “Yeah, Gretta and I have been writing together for a couple years
now, even before the film came along. So I would love for us to try a couple of her songs.” NP
The director : “Did you… did you write on the film with him?”
The conversation above is happened Dave and Gretta meet the officers in the label company in which Dave will do the music production. They will work
together to produce the music which means that they have to keep the distance so PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
68 that they can work professionally. Since Dave is talking to the director of the label
company in which Dave possesses lower power, he tends to use polite language. The underlined utterance above shows that Dave delivers his intention to include
Gretta in the music production without imposing the director to agree with him. This means that Dave has satisfied the director‟s negative face in which freedom
of act is given to the director. Therefore, through the underlined utterance, Dave can be able to obtain the payoff of negative politeness of being able to satisfy the
director‟s negative face. In addition, Dave can also avoid imposing the director to agree with him in including Gretta in the music production.
From the dialogues above, it can be concluded that the payoff of negative politeness is to put social distance between the speaker and the hearer. The
language which is used in applying negative politeness tends to be more polite see the Appendix. Since, negative politeness strategy aims to take distance
between the speaker and the hearer, an indirect question form is widely used by the four main characters in Begin Again. Furthermore, the speaker can also get a
chance not to impose the hearer to do something.
4. Off Record Payoffs
The idea of off record payoffs is to give a chance for the speaker in avoiding the responsibility of doing the face threat. The speaker can avoid the
potential threat of coercing the hearer to do something. Also, the speaker can give a chance for the hearer to be seen to care about the speaker. This payoff was only
obtained by Gretta James, Dan Mulligan, and Dave Kohl since Steve did not PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
69 perform off record strategy based on the findings of the first research question.
The off record payoffs are exemplified in dialogues 16 and 17.
Dialogue 16 Setting
: On the Top of A Building Situation
: Gretta asks Dan to play the bass for the recording project. Participants : Dan and Gretta
Gretta : “I‟m sorry, wait a minute. Um, do you play bass?”
Dan : talking to the others “You were out of tune, you were flat.”
Gretta :
“Because I read on the internet that you used to play a bass. So, um, I think seeing as we‟ve got Violet doing some guitar on this,
this should be a family affair.” OR Dan
: “I am a producer „cause I do not play bass, baby.”
Dan and Gretta are working on their outdoor album because the record label when Dan works has refused to make contract with Gretta. Since they do not
have contract with the record label, they have to find a way to record the songs because they may have a financial problem. They decide to do the recording
without using any studios which means that they do outside recording. The situation of the conversation above shows that Gretta performs off record strategy
because she gives hints for Dan to play the bass. By putting hints in her utterance and performing off record strategy, Gretta can be able to avoid the potential threat
of coercing the hearer in doing something. Moreover, she can avoid the responsibility of doing the Face Threatening Acts. Therefore, Gretta can build the
image in which she does not give coercion to Dan to play the bass. Gretta can build the condition as if Dan is willing to play the bass for the music recording
without being coerced by others. Another situation which can give the chance to obtain off record payoffs is
where Dan and Gretta are arguing about Dan‟s problem. Gretta opens their PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
