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B. Problem Statements
1. How are the tact and approbation maxims employed in the conversations of
the movie of Maid in Manhattan? 2.
What aspects make the utterances of the participants less or more polite in relation to Leech’s politeness principles?
C. Research Limitation
In this research, the researcher used socio-pragmatics as the approach in analyzing the politeness principles or Leech’s maxims. There are six of Leech’s
Politeness Maxims, such as, tact, generosity, approbation, modesty, agreement,
and sympathy maxim. For limiting the research of analyzing the politeness
principles or Leech’s maxims, the researcher only focused on applying Leech’s tact and approbation maxims.
D. Research Objectives
The objectives of this research are: 1.
To describe the tact and approbation maxims employed in the conversations of the movie “ Maid in Manhattan”.
2. To clarify the aspects that make the utterances of the participants less or more
polite in relation to Leech’s politeness principles.
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E. Research Benefits
1. To give further information about the employment of tact and approbation
maxims in the movie “Maid in Manhattan” based on the theory of Leech’s Politeness principles.
2. To make readers understand whether the employment of politeness principles
in the conversation is important in order to make the conversation run smoothly.
F. Research Methodology
This is a descriptive qualitative research. It is called qualitative since the collected data were in the form of sentences. It is a kind of research using the
techniques of searching, collecting, classifying, analyzing the data, and then drawing the conclusion. Further details on research methodology are clarified in
Chapter III.
G. Thesis Organization
The thesis organization will be arranged systematically as follows: CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION, covering Research Background, Problem
Statement, Research Limitation, Research Objectives, Research Benefits, Research Methodology and Thesis
Organization.
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CHAPTER II : LITERATURE REVIEW, covering Pragmatics, Speech Act,
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