2. To know what the implicatur on those dialogues on The Dialogue of The
America’s Presidential Candidates Debate.
2. Method of the Research
This research uses method of discourse analysis. According To Kramsch as quoted by Oktavianus, “Discourse are more than just language, they are ways
of being in the world, or forms of life that integrates words, acts, values, beliefs, attitudes, and social identities”
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. From discourse analysis, research will load data
citations to give picture in telling report of the research.
3. Technique of Data Analysis
To get the aim of this research, the writer uses politeness principles as approach by following steps:
1. Using the politeness principle theory by Geoffrey Leech as indicator in
data analysis. 2.
Reading entire the dialogue on transcript. 3.
Grouping the dialogue related to the politeness principle on transcript. 4.
Marking the dialogue related to the politeness principle on transcript and then copied into paper and given by number.
5. Analyzing data.
6. Concluding the data analysis.
4. Instrument of the Research
In this qualitative research, the writer uses himself as main instrument to obtain required data variously, like reading, identifying, and grouping the
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dialogue and making it as data to analysis by using pragmatic approach and theory of Leech concerning the politeness principle as guidance.
5. Unit of Analysis
Unit analyses at this research are Presidential Candidates Debate McCain Obama Full Text Transcript. The first Presidential Candidates Debate McCain
Obama on September 26, 2008 which was taken place in University of Mississippi. The second Presidential Candidates Debate McCain Obama on
October 7, 2008 which was taken place in Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee. The third Presidential Candidates Debate McCain Obama on October
15, 2008 which was taken place in Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
In this case the theories will be explained to be used to analyze some violations of maxims in the context of politeness. To reach the target, there are
some matters which need to be studied theoretically, namely pragmatics, implicature, pragmatic principles and dialogue definition.
A. Defining Pragmatics
