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Dialogue 3
20 4:22
Ellen : ... I think we have people that we all have one thing in
common which we just want a good quality of life and then we have these people that feel one way and if someone feels another
way we tend to hate them and its just you know
21 4:48
Obama : its not helpful
22 4:50
Ellen: no. its not helpful
a. Politeness Strategy in Dialogue 3
From this dialogue, it 22 can be seen that Ellen used positive politeness strategy in strategy 5 which is seek agreement. They were talking about the civil
who hates other who have different choice for the later U.S. election. Ellen said that it was not helpful to hate other since they all live in the same country and
Obama agree with her by repeating Obama‟s utterance. The illocution used here is assertive where Ellen as speaker stated her agreement with her interlocutor.
b. Factors Influencing the Choice of Strategy in Dialogue 3
1. Payoff
The payoff for using positive politeness in strategy 5 is to save Obamas positive face. The disagreement could be a threatened for the hearer thats why Ellen used
seek agreement strategy in order to avoid FTA. In this part of dialogue, Ellen was agreed with what Obama said which means Ellen claimed common perspective
with Obama.
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2. Sociological value Obama as addressee has greater power over the speaker and this again lessens of
FTA weightiness which provided speaker with the reason for her choice of strategy.
Table 3.4. The analysis of politeness strategy in dialogue 3 No.
Data Speaker
FTA Politeness
strategy Factor the Choice of Strategy
Payoff Sociological
22 Ellen
Contradiction Positive
politeness strategy in
strategy 5
which is seek agreement
. save
addressee‟s negative face
Power
Obama -
- -
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Dialogue 4
29 6:37
Obama: she go down pretty far
30 6:38
Ellen: no no no. not as far as down as me
31 6:42
Obama: I mean those include you have good form
32 6:47
Ellen : I have better form than her
33 6:50
Obama : you have a good form
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a. Politeness Strategy in Dialogue 4
It seen in 33 that Obama used positive politeness in strategy 6 which is
avoid disagreement. Obama uttered it after they saw Michelle and Ellens push up
battle video. Ellen said that she has a better form than Michelle. Obama indirectly disagreed with her. Illocution used here was assertive when speaker commits to
the truth.
b. Factors Influencing the Choice of Strategy in Dialogue 4
