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F. Definition of Terms
In order to give clear definitions and as guidance for the readers to understand the whole study, the definition of terms are given here.
1. Politeness
Yule 2006 defines politeness as the means employed to show awareness of another person’s face. Furthermore, Mills 2003 states that politeness is an
action of showing respect toward the person who we are talking to and avoiding any offenses that are directed to him. In other words, politeness is an expression
of concern for the feelings of others. In this study, the writer will focus for the verbal aspect of politeness. Therefore, the utterances where the politeness are
produced by the main characters in Twilight movie will be the focus of the study.
2. Politeness strategies
Politeness is behaving in a way that attempts to take into account the feelings of the people being addressed. In this case, the speakers try to avoid
embarrassing other person, or making the hearer feels uncomfortable. Besides, someone can be considered as a polite person depends on how, to whom, and
when he or she applies those polite manners. Brown and Levinson 1987 classify four main strategies of politeness strategies. They are Bald on Record strategy
direct strategy, Positive Politeness solidarity strategy, Negative Politeness deference strategy, and Off Record strategy indirect strategy. Politeness
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strategies in this study are dealing with the use of language of the main characters by considering those four strategies.
3. FTA Face Threatening Act
Face threatening act is the condition of being impolite because of the way speaker in delivering the conversation to the addressee. The condition occurs in
the diction used, expression used, or maybe others factors that can lead the FTA. Brown and Levinson 1987 propose two notions, which are positive face and
negative face. Positive face is the want of connection or interpersonal relation. Negative face is the want of freedom or being unimpeded. In this study, face
threatening act is the utterance that threats the positive or negative face of the speaker or hearer within the interaction of the main characters in Twilight movie.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
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