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she considered Bella as the new student who was treated special with her friends. From the utterance, Jessica wanted to satisfy Bella‟s positive face.
Another example of positive politeness payoff was exemplified in the dialogue 8, the scene where Jessica tried a dress and asked Bella opinion about the
dress. Friendship was obviously represented by Bella to Jessica when Bella complimented
Jessica‟s dress. Bella comforted Jessica by saying “It looks great.” Bella applied the positive politeness strategy and it was affected by the payoffs of
fulfilling the positive face of Jessica.
c. Negative Politenes Payoffs in Twilight Movie
Negative politeness payoff refers to satisfy the hearer‟s negative face. Brown and Levinson 1987 defined that negative politeness strategy focused on
the action of minimizing particular imposition carried by the FTA. It allowed the speaker minimized particular impositions on the hearer, so the speaker could
concern hea rer‟s freedom of action in interpreting the utterances. The speaker who
applied negative politeness strategy used indirectness and formality in the language.
Negative politeness was employed by the main characters of Twilight movie to show indirectness and respect in the utterances. The example of negative
politeness was in the dialogue 11, between Edward and Bella. The conversation happened in Biology class, when they were having the research about onion cell.
Edward was demonstrated the conventional indirectness which redressed to show the respect to Bella. He wanted to look at the microscope by saying
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if I look?” in order asking permission to Bella first. The utterance let Bella giving Edward the microscope to be checked by him whether she was right or not. In his
speech, Edward considered satisfying Bella‟s negative face by not directly conveyed the FTA to her.
In other words, he could manage to satisfy Bella‟s negative face.
d. Off Record Payoffs in Twilight Movie
The main characters of Twilight movie employed Off-record strategy in their utterances. Brown and Levinson 1987 explain that off-record was a
communicative act which contain not only one particular intention. It meant that the utterance the speaker made contained more than one clear particular intention.
The indirectness of this strategy gave a chance for the speaker to do the FTA without taking the responsibility for doing it. When the speaker went on Off-
record strategy, the speaker communicated in ineffective way because the speaker did not directly stated what he actually meant.
The example of Off-record strategy was exemplified in dialogue 16, between Edward and Bella. The conversation was happened at the restaurant
where they were having dinner. After telling the truth to Bella about how Edward knew where was her before,
it was because he could read people‟s mind. He could read other‟s mind, but he could not read Bella‟s mind. Futhermore, he felt like
protecting Bella. Edward used Off-record strategy by saying “I tell you I can read
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invited the hearer to interpret the intended meaning himself. By doing that, Edward could get away from the responsibility of damaging the face of Bella.
2. Sociological Variables
