Politeness Strategy Literary Review
There were many types of request strategies from sixty three data 100 found in this movie. They are Hints have 5 data
7,94, Ability Willingness and Permission have 24 data 38,10, Suggestory Formulae 1 data 1,59, Wishes have 2
data 3,17, DesiresNeeds have 4 data 6,35, Obligation and Necessity 1 data 1,59 and Imperative have 26 data 41,27.
The writer is not found request type of performative in this movie. Chart 1 above shows that imperative was the most frequent
strategy used by the characters in Romantic Movie. The second most frequent was ability willingness and permission, the third
common strategy was hints and the fourth was desireneed. Suggestory
formulae and
obligationnecessity was
same percentages. The writer not found performative strategy in this
movie. The example of request strategy analysis:
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Leo : Wow, it was barely an inch when we went in.
Paige : It‟s so beautiful.
Leo : Clean the snow on the car glass
Paige : It‟s good, it‟s good, and it‟s good.
Leo : Come into the car
Paige :
I can’t feel my fingers
Leo : Give a warm to Paige‟s fingers
Paige : Thank you The context of the utterance above can be seen from the
scene, Paige was Leo‟s wife. In the winter, Paige and Leo checked out of the restaurant. They saw the cars parked outside the
restaurant and all of cars filled of snow looked so beautiful. They came into their car. Paige came into the car firstly while Leo
cleaned the glass of the car before drove the car, then Leo followed Paige to the car after it. Paige felt so cold because the weather was
winter. Indirectly, Paige uttered “I can’t feel my finger”.
Paige‟s utterance “I can’t feel my fingers” belongs to the
first strategy of request, hint. This belonged to Mild Hints. When Leo came into the car, Paige stated her reason in making an
implicit request. The speaker wanted to ask the hearer to give warmth to her fingers without used clear request. The hearer
understood the speaker‟s request. In this care, Leo gave a warm to Paige‟s fingers.