Alan was surprised in responding to Penelope’s statement. He thought that she
had a very good skill in cooking. Therefore, he used exaggerating interest, approval, sympathy with H strategy to express his interest
to Penelope’s skill. Alan knew that Penelope was a writer and not a chef. However, he exaggerated
his statement by calling her as a “gourmet chef.” By saying this, Alan had
saved Penelope’s positive face.
c. Intensifying interest to the hearer in the speaker’s contribution
The strategy of intensifying interest to the hearer in the speaker’s
contribution is the third strategy of positive politeness. It only appears 2 times from the whole speeches, and its percentage is 2.98. Based on the data
finding, the occurrences of such phenomenon can be seen from the datum below.
4:7 Nancy Cowan : You got rid of the hamster?
Michael Longstreet: Yeah. Listen. Made such a racket at night. Those
things sleep during the day. Ethan was going crazy. He couldn’t stand the racket that hamster
made. Now, I dont mind telling you, I been wanting to get rid of the thing for the longest
time. So I thought, thats it. I took it out and left it in the street.
PPC009 The conversation above shows that Michael employed the strategy of
intensifying interest to the hearers in the speaker’s contribution. He used this
strategy to show that he shared common ground with the hearers. He attracted the hearer’s attention by saying the word “Listen.” After that, he told a
complete story about how he could get rid of the hamster. He did not like the hamster because it always made a noise when people were sleeping at night.
Moreover, his son, Ethan, also did not like the hamster. Therefore, Michael tried to intensify the hearers
’ attention to listen to the story about his hamster. He had saved the hearers
’ positive face by including the hearers into the topic being discussed.
Another example of intensifying interest to the hearer in the speaker’s
contribution strategy can be seen in the following datum. 4:8 Alan Cowan
: That a good living?
Michael Longstreet: You know
, its not like we had any banner years or anything. It was tough starting out. But long as
Im out there every morning, with my catalog and my sample case, its a living. Although the cast
iron roasting pans do pick up around the holidays
PPC014 Alan and Michael were discussing about their jobs. Michael tried to tell
about his job to Alan. He intensified the hearer ’s interests into the topic being
discussed by saying “You know.” After that, he explained about his job to
Alan. Michael said that it was hard when he started out his job. However, as time went by he could manage it perfectly, although sometimes the job took his
holidays. By involving the hearer into the discussion, Michael had satisfied Alan
’s positive face. He showed friendliness, closeness and solidarity to Alan.
d. Using in-group identity markers in speech
The phenomenon of using in-group identity markers in speech strategy in Carnage movie appears 8 times out of 67 times of occurrences, or 11.94.
An example of the strategy of using in-group identity markers in speech is presented as follow.
