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No. Data
Types and Realizations Sociological
Factors Explanation
BR PP
NP OR
D P
R trying to think, well, is there
something that I haven’t thought of.
again. In addition, social distance is a factor that exists in the conversation since Oprah as a speaker and Amanda as the
host of View From The Top program.
37. Amanda : Well, there’s not much you
haven’t done so.
Oprah : Well, but I stay in my lane.
2 √
Oprah continues Amanda’s statements that is classified as negative politeness, hedge realization. It can be seen in the
word Well. She applies the word as hedge that is a polite way on how to state the statement. Like the previous datum,
social distance is a factor that motivating Oprah on performing her statement in the moment.
38. Amanda : Yeah.
Oprah : First let me answer your question.
2 √
In that occasion, Oprah Winfrey uses bald-on-record, metaphorical urgency for emphasis. It is performed in the
statement First that creates an intention to the hearer in order to make the hearer concerned with her statement and it can
be seen on how the urgency is happened in the strategy. In addition, the sociological factor that motivating Oprah does
the strategy is distance since there is the relation between the Oprah as the speaker and the students of Stanford Graduate
School of Business as the hearer.
39. Amanda : So we all know now what we
have to do, right?
Oprah : Yeah.
4 √
Oprah Winfrey performs off record on understate realization. She just answers Yeah for Amanda’s question
about what they have to do. It is called understate because she says as informative based on the question without giving
more explanation on it. Then, sociological factor that involving Oprah on doing the strategy is social distance.
40. Oprah : Are we going take some
questions?
Amanda : Well, yeah, so that’s what I wanted to say. I’d love to put
it up. 7
√ In the occasion, Oprah states the utterance to Amanda that is
categorized as positive politeness, presuppose realization. Oprah as the speaker asks Amanda that her knowledge
equals to Amanda’s knowledge. It is proved that she presupposes she will be asked again. It can be shown in Are
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No. Data
Types and Realizations Sociological
Factors Explanation
BR PP
NP OR
D P
R
we going to take some questions? According to that analysis, there is a social distance motivating Oprah on performing
her strategy.
41. Oprah : Everybody has a class at
1:15, right? Okay, I’ll get you out of here. They told
me hard out. One o’clock. Amanda : Yeah. But so we think we
have, do we have a first question from Twitter, coming
forward? 3
√ In the conversation, Oprah uses positive politeness, intensify
interest to hearer. She employs the question that is Everybody has a class at 1:15, right? She applies right, and
then she continues with the next statement, in order to make the contribution from Amanda to get involved in the
communication. In this context, Oprah asks when she finishes in the program, yet it is still airing because Amanda
has the next question to her. In addition, like in the previous datum, sociological factor that is distance exists on the
conversation between Oprah and Amanda.
42. Andre
: Matt, where’s the ring?
Oprah : Matt, do we need marriage? Oh my God, that’s going to
be such a pre-nup between us, I’ve got to say.
3 √
Oprah continues Andre’s question who is one of the audiences in the program. Andre states about a question
from Matt in Twitter that is aimed to Oprah. In the occasion, Oprah employs positive politeness with intensify interest to
hearer. It is proved that she uses the question Matt, do we need marriage? It indicates that Oprah needs the hearer to
focus on her statement by using the question. Then, distance is a factor influencing Oprah on performing her strategy.
43. Andre : And then we had Javier
Hernandez, who asked, Oprah, who has been your favorite
interviewee and why?
Oprah : Well, actually, I would have to say, there’s so many over
the years and the truth is tha the people whose names that
I can’t even remember and 3
√ Oprah states the statement that categorized as negative
politeness specifically be pessimistic, for the reason that she is pessimistic when one of the audiences asks her about the
person who had inspired her the most in Oprah Winfrey Show, yet she does not remember. It can be said in the
expression
I can’t even remember and you probably wouldn’t remember, have been the most revelatory, the most
impactful. Based on the context, a factor that influencing the use of the strategy is distance because there is the relation