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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter consists of two sections that are conclusions and suggestions. The first one deals with all summaries drawn in this research. In the second part,
the writer would like to give some suggestions in order to make a follow-up of this research.
A. Conclusions
The problems proposed in this research were concerned with the use of politeness strategies in daily conversation. To be more specific, this research was
aimed at analyzing how the use of politeness strategies and finding out the factors that influence the use of politeness strategies produced by the main characters of
Thank You for Smoking. The use of politeness strategies was analyzed according to the theory of politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson. While, the
factors were analyzed based on the socio-cultural variables of Brown and Levinson’s model, and the social dimensions proposed by Holmes. Having
analyzed those two research questions, the writer came to some conclusions. First, related to the first research question, the investigation of how the use
of politeness strategies in Thank You for Smoking revealed that all four types of politeness strategies occurred in this movie. What differentiated them was the
frequency of occurrence and who employed it. The strategy appearing frequently is Bald on Record 93 times and Positive Politeness 64 times. Then, Off Record
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Negative Politeness 9 times. These strategies were used by the main characters to deal with actions or statements that threatened or satisfied the face.
Second, related to the second research question: a The use of politeness strategies in Thank You for Smoking was
determined by the main characters’ social distance, relative power, as well as degree of imposition. In this movie, the writer found out that almost all the
conversations carried out by the main characters were mostly influenced by the social distance. It was because this movie presented more daily conversations
between parent and child, between employer and employee, and between best friends. Thus, the most frequently used strategy was Bald on Record and Positive
politeness strategies that commonly occurred in those situations. Indeed, those factors have influenced the speakers the main characters to use certain politeness
strategies in different situation. Put it briefly, this dealt with whether they wanted to commit Face Threatening Acts or not in order to create and maintain smooth
interaction. b We could notice that using language appropriately involved not only
understanding the grammatical aspects but also the sociolinguistic aspects. One of them was the acquisition of politeness strategies, which means knowing how or
when to use the politeness strategies in different circumstances. c The acquisition of politeness strategies is just one of the ways in order
to use language appropriately and politely. Since every language spoken in the world possesses certain rules or social values, there is no the best strategy. In
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we already speak politely, or use Bald on Record means impolite. Therefore, it is supposed to be the speaker himself who should have an ability to choose the
appropriate strategy for certain situation. It is quite significant to pay attention to language learning, for it could help us to create and maintain successful
conversation.
B. Suggestions