Research Problems Problem Limitation Research Objectives Research Benefits

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B. Research Problems

This study aims to analyze the politeness strategies used by the main characters in Twilight movie and factors influencing the characters‟ politeness. Therefore, two research problems are formulated as follows. 1. Which politeness strategies are used by the main characters in Twilight movie? 2. What are the factors influencing the choice of politeness strategies used by the main characters in Twilight movie?

C. Problem Limitation

The scope of the study is to analyze the use of politeness strategies by the four main characters in Twilight movie. The characters are chosen because of the writer‟s consideration based on the frequency of the appearance and the important roles within the plot in the movie. The four main characters are Edward Cullen, Bella Swan, Charlie Swan, and Jessica Stanley. Therefore, they certainly have more portions in conversations than the other characters. The utterances that they produce may contain politeness strategies. The writer used the theory of Brown and Levinson 1987 to analyze the data. The methodology used in this study is limited to discourse analysis. 6

D. Research Objectives

This section will present the research objectives of the study in accordance with the research problems. There are two objectives that will be explained in this study. a. To find out the politeness strategies which are used by the main characters in Twilight movie. b. To find out the factors which influence the politeness strategies used by the main characters in Twilight movie.

E. Research Benefits

The writer believes that this study could be beneficial for English teachers, English learners, and future researchers. This study is about the four types politeness strategies. For English teachers, this study will encourage them to be able to create various kind of exercises. For English learners, this study will encourage them to be more aware of sociolinguistics, especially about politeness in order to be capable of applying English expressions politely. For other researchers, this study can be used as a reference for similar research and as simulation for other researchers. The writer also believes that this study gives benefits for the readers. The readers may get more understanding about what politeness is, and be able to apply English expressions in the form of conversation in daily life. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 7

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