31
For e xample, “Excuse me sir, would you mind if I close the window?”
6. Apologizing
By apologizing the speaker can show the unwillingness to threat the face of the hearer or to impinge on hearer.
For example, “I am sorry to bother you, but please tell him to call me tonight.”
7. Impersonalizing the speaker and hearer in a conversation
This strategy deals with avoiding the pronouns „I‟ and „U‟.
For example, “ Do this for me.”
8. Stating the FTA as an instance of general rule
` This strategy shows that the speaker does not want to impinge the hearer.
The speaker omits the fact that impinge the hearer by emphasizes a notion that the act is a general rule.
For example, “I am sorry, but late-comers cannot be seated till next interval.”
9. Nominalizing
Nominalizing is the act of changing a verb into a noun in a sentence. By doing this strategy, the speaker can add more distance and formality. The more
formal utterance is, the more visible that the speaker does not want to impinge the hearer.
For example, “ It is our regret that we cannot..” PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
32
10. Going on record as incurring a debt or as not indebting hearer
This strategy is done by claiming speaker‟s indebtedness to hearer or by
disclaiming any indebtedness of hearer. Hence, the speaker can redress the FTA. For example, “ I‟d be eternally grateful if you would..”
4. Off Record Strategy
Off record is likely to call as indirect strategy. When the speaker states off record, the speaker will communicates in ineffective way because the speaker
does not directly state what actually means. Brown and Levinson 1987 explain that off record is a communicative act which contains not only one particular
intention. Which means that the speaker makes the utterance contains more than one particular intention. Then, the hearer has to interpret the utterance in order to
understand the real meaning. Holtgraves 2002 states that off-record strategy is an indirect communication. The indirectness of this strategy gives a chance for
speaker to do the FTA without taking the responsibility for doing it. In other words, off record strategy is an indirect politeness strategy where the speaker says
something that can be interpreted in many ways by the hearer, depends on the hearer‟s interpretations.
For example, “The door is not open.” which mean the speaker wants the hearer to open door. The meaning of the statement is not directly stated by the
speaker. According to Brown and Levinson 1987, there are fifteen strategis of Off Record strategy, they are as follows:
33
1. Giving hints
