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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION
This chapter consists of two sub chapters. They are conclusion and suggestion. The first part deals with the conclusions of what has been analyzed in the previous
analysis chapter. The second part contains suggestions for other researchers who want to conduct researchers with the related topic.
A. Conclusion
The conclusions of the research are as follows: 1. The characters in the film express the compliment in various ways. Combination of
some non-verbal elements of communication accompanies the delivery of a compliment. The ways characters deliver compliment are:
a. Voice: in low or moderate voice. b. Intonation: in falling or raising intonation.
c. Eye contacts: gazes at hearer, stares at hearer, watching hearer from head to toe, gazes at the object being complimented -in which the credit given to the object
also a credit to the hearer, and no eye contact. d. Facial expressions: smile -simple, upper, sickly smile, eyebrows slightly or
highly lifted, and sad face.
cxxiii e. Gestures: speaker’s arms held wide toward hearer then placing both hands to
chest, speaker points finger toward an object -hearer’s CV that speaker holds. f. Touches: shake hearer’s hand, hold hearer’s elbow that end up touch hearer’s
chin, and walk hand in hand with hearer. Considering the act of complimenting as an adjacency pair event, the response to it
is also analyzed. The addressees respond to the compliments in various ways. The responses employed by the addressee are as follows:
a. Appreciation token 11 data The appreciation token includes the verbal and non-verbal acceptance. The
verbal acceptance is expressed through thanking and a token acknowledgment while non-verbal acceptance is displayed by a nod, a smile and standingsitting
motionless. The
responses come
along with
happy laughter,
simpleuppersickly smile, happy or sad face, happiness or sadness feeling, slightly tilted head down or slight nod, gazing or staring at speaker’s eyes,
seeing and touching hearer’s own dress, in formal or informal manner, in moderate voice, and in raising or falling intonation.
b. Scale down 1 data The scale down is expressed through joke that comes along in low voice, in
falling intonation, with laughter, upper smile, plus throwing arms to speaker’s neck and kissing him.
c. Question 2 data The question response comes along in loud or low voice, in raising intonation,
with the eyes of the interlocutor are gazing or staring at speaker’s eyes, slightly
cxxiv raised eyebrows, simple or upper smile, placing left hand to chest, in informal
manner, surprise and happiness feeling. d. Disagreement 1 data
The disagreement is expressed through indirectness utterance and hesitation that comes along in low voice, falling intonation, looking away from speaker’s
eyes, sad face and with sadness feeling.
2. The employment of politeness strategy by the characters in delivering and responding compliment are as follows:
a. All characters employ positive politeness in delivering compliments. The
speaker uses mixed strategies of notice to hearer, give ‘gifts’ to hearer, exaggerate, and use in-group identity marker.
b. In responding compliment, the characters employ positive politeness 6 data, negative politeness 1 data, and saying nothing or do not do FTA 8 data. The
characters perform the compliment in positive politeness by applying various strategies: give ‘gift’ to hearer, joke, seek agreement, and avoid disagreement.
Meanwhile, the character employs negative politeness through the use of hedge. The last and most frequent strategy applied by participants in responding
compliment is by saying nothing or avoiding doing FTA.
B. Suggestion
