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No. Data
Types and Realizations Sociological
Factors Explanation
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between Amanda as the host and Oprah as a speaker in the program.
29. Amanda : Thank you.
Oprah : Okay. Well I would have to
say that you need both. You need emotion and you need
logic. 11
√ Oprah applies positive politeness, be optimistic. It means
that Oprah has an optimistic expression to the hearer that they need emotion and logic on making decision. The factor
motivating Oprah on doing the strategy is rank of imposition. It is because Oprah offers the hearer to think
about emotion and logic to decide something.
30. Amanda : You stayed with him, right?
Oprah : I stayed with him for –
stayed with him for ten days.
5 √
In the occasion, Oprah repeats Amanda’s statements stayed with him that is about staying with Nelson Mandela. Her
utterance is categorized as positive politeness, seek
agreement. She repeats the statement in a purpose to agree with Amanda’s idea. In addition, social distance is a factor
influencing Oprah in doing the strategy.
31. Amanda : Yeah you should.
Oprah : I should’ve. 5
√ Like the previous datum, she repeats Amanda’s words on
how Oprah wishes she has 29 meals when she was in Nelson Mandela’s living room. It can be seen that Amanda says you
should and then Oprah states by using I should’ve. What she has done in the statements is classified as positive politeness,
seek agreement. Besides, the factor that motivating Oprah on performing the strategy is distance.
32. Amanda : You should do it now.
Oprah : I didn’t record it so some things I think was that the
2nd meal or 12th meal. Anyway, so I was sitting in
Nelson – sitting with Adiva and we were talking about
how, how do you really 2
√ In the show, Oprah talks about things that remind her when
she was in Nelson Mandala’s living room. Also, she uses hedges like I think, how do you really that indicated as
negative politeness, using hedges. She applies hedges in the statement to make it true. The factor that motivates Oprah in
doing the strategy is distance since there is the relation between Oprah as the speaker and Amanda as the host of the
program.
