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Types and Realizations Sociological
Factors Explanation
BR PP
NP OR
D P
R
between Amanda as the host and Oprah as a speaker in the program.
29. Amanda : Thank you.
Oprah : Okay. Well I would have to
say that you need both. You need emotion and you need
logic. 11
√ Oprah applies positive politeness, be optimistic. It means
that Oprah has an optimistic expression to the hearer that they need emotion and logic on making decision. The factor
motivating Oprah on doing the strategy is rank of imposition. It is because Oprah offers the hearer to think
about emotion and logic to decide something.
30. Amanda : You stayed with him, right?
Oprah : I stayed with him for –
stayed with him for ten days.
5 √
In the occasion, Oprah repeats Amanda’s statements stayed with him that is about staying with Nelson Mandela. Her
utterance is categorized as positive politeness, seek
agreement. She repeats the statement in a purpose to agree with Amanda’s idea. In addition, social distance is a factor
influencing Oprah in doing the strategy.
31. Amanda : Yeah you should.
Oprah : I should’ve. 5
√ Like the previous datum, she repeats Amanda’s words on
how Oprah wishes she has 29 meals when she was in Nelson Mandela’s living room. It can be seen that Amanda says you
should and then Oprah states by using I should’ve. What she has done in the statements is classified as positive politeness,
seek agreement. Besides, the factor that motivating Oprah on performing the strategy is distance.
32. Amanda : You should do it now.
Oprah : I didn’t record it so some things I think was that the
2nd meal or 12th meal. Anyway, so I was sitting in
Nelson – sitting with Adiva and we were talking about
how, how do you really 2
√ In the show, Oprah talks about things that remind her when
she was in Nelson Mandala’s living room. Also, she uses hedges like I think, how do you really that indicated as
negative politeness, using hedges. She applies hedges in the statement to make it true. The factor that motivates Oprah in
doing the strategy is distance since there is the relation between Oprah as the speaker and Amanda as the host of the
program.
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No. Data
Types and Realizations Sociological
Factors Explanation
BR PP
NP OR
D P
R make an impact in the
world.
33. Oprah : First grade, skipped second
grade, hellerher.
The Renaissance began.
Amanda : Yeah. You’ve always had this conviction. You’ve always – it
seems like you’ve always known who you are, even if
you were – 8
√ Oprah tells about her childhood that she is out of the
kindergarten and continues to the first grade. She says that by using joke in the expression skipped second grade,
hellerher. The Renaissance began, it motivates Oprah and also the audiences enjoy the show, and then they laugh. The
social factor that influencing Oprah on performing her strategy is social distance.
34. Oprah : Well I knew I didn’t belong
there with those kids.
Amanda : You knew that. 2
√ Oprah tells when she was a child, she does not belong to the
kids when she was in kindergarten because she is different with those kids there. In the expression, she employs
negative politeness, by using hedges that is shown in Well I knew. Besides, like the previous datum, distance is a social
factor which motivates Oprah on doing the strategy.
35. Amanda : Is there anything left that
you’re scared to try?
Oprah : Whoa, Amanda. You must
have been up all night long.
5 √
Oprah’s expression is categorized as bald on record specifically task-oriented. She asks for Amanda to do the
task in which she must have been up all night long for something that makes her afraid of. The sociological factor
that influencing Oprah in that moment is rank of imposition It is because she asks for Amanda to wake up all night long.
36.
Amanda : I’ve prepared a little bit. Just a little.
Oprah : Oh. My Goodness. Anything left that I’m scared to try?
No. No, and I’m just trying to think what --- I’m just
1 √
Oprah uses positive politeness with notice and attend to hearer realization. It is proved in the statement Oh. My
Goodness. She employs that statements in order to catch the attention from the audiences, then they pay attention to her.
The context of the expression is on how Oprah explains that even though anything has gone, she is not scared to try
