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2 Relative Power
According to Brown and Levinson 1987, “Relative power is the degree
to which the hearer can impose his own plans and hisher own self-evaluation or face at the expense of the speaker‟s plans and self-evaluation” p. 77. In other
words, the hearer has power to impose hisher own desire over the speaker‟s
desire. It means that the speaker will employ more polite language if the hearer has high power for hisher desire to be fulfilled. However, the speaker can also
employ the less polite language if the hearer does not have high power to impose his own des
ire over the speaker‟s desire.
3 Ranking of Imposition
According to Brown and Levinson 1987, “The ranking of imposition is
the degree to which they are considered to interfere with an agent‟s wants of self- determination or of approval, his negative- and positive-face wants
” p. 77. In other words, the interference is the FTA made by the speaker which can determine
the degree of imposition. Brown and Levinson 1987 state that for the negative face, there are two possible scales that can identify the rank of imposition, namely
the imposition in proportion of services and of goods. Meanwhile, for the positive face, the rank of imposition involves the measurement of the threat given to the
hearer‟s face. This can be done by looking at the differences between the hearer‟s own desire and what is presented through the FTA.
5. Review of Begin Again
Begin Again is a movie which was directed and written by John Carney.
This movie was released on 2013 staring Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightely, James PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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, and Adam Levine. John Carney‟s Begin Again is a bitter yet warm- hearted movie which tells about some people who can heal their damaged life
through music Hood, 2014. This movie tells about people who are in their lowest condition of their life and they can lighten up their life by working with
music. Mark Ruffalo played as Dan Mulligan, a producer in a famous record label who finds some complicated problems because he does not make contract with
new artists in several years. Furthermore, he is cheated by his wife which makes him live apart from his family. On the other side, Keira Knigthely played as
Gretta James, a young woman musician who follows her boyfriend to build his career in New York. However, she is also cheated by her boyfriend and she
decides to break up with his boyfriend. In this study, there will be two other characters that will be used as the subject of this study, namely Dave Kohl and
Steve. Dave Kohl is Gretta‟s boyfriend and this character is played by Adam Levine. Dave Kohl aims to be a singer by moving on to New York and starts his
career, but then Dave Kohl cheats on Gretta that makes them breaks up. Meanwhile, Steve who is Gretta‟s close friend is played by James Corden. Steve
is Gretta‟s close friend who helps Gretta when she breaks up with Dave Kohl.
Besides, Steve also helps Gretta and Dan when they are working on their album. Hood 2014 states that Begin Again movie is related to Christian faith
because it delivers the message that there will always change to start over. As shown in the scene when Dan is depressed and Gretta is broken heart, they are
willing to start their life again. The result of what they are doing through music can make them find
their “missing life”. Besides, this movie also gives a moral PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
