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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the results of the research and is divided into two sections. The first section presents and describes the examined data from Carnage
movie. The data found are related to the positive politeness strategies and maxim violating in the movie and presented in terms of frequency and percentage. The
second section consists of a discussion of the data found in Carnage movie. This section provides a deep explanation on the positive politeness strategies and
maxim violating found in Carnage movie. There are some examples for the analysis to make the explanations clear.
A. Research Findings
This section consists of two parts. The first part describes the findings for the types of positive politeness strategies which are used by the characters in
Carnage movie and the second part describes the maxim violation when the
characters are expressing positive politeness strategies. From the object of the research, there are 67 data found by the researcher.
1. Positive Politeness Strategies in Carnage Movie
Table 2 below provides the descriptions related to the use of positive politeness strategies in Carnage movie. The table indicates their occurrence
frequency and its percentage of the total data.
Table 2: The Data Findings of Positive Politeness Strategies Uttered by the Characters in Carnage Movie.
No Positive Politeness Strategies
Frequency Percentage
1 Noticing, attending to H herhis interests, wants, needs, goods, etc.
11 16.42
2 Exaggerating interest, approval, sympathy with H
6 8.95
3 Intensifying interest to the hearer in the speaker’s contribution
2 2.98
4 Using in-group identity markers in
speech 8
11.94 5 Seeking agreement in safe topics
4 5.97
6 Avoiding disagreement 6
8.95 7 Presupposing, raising, asserting
common ground 5
7.46 8 Joking to put the hearer at ease
3 3.95
9 Asserting or presupposing knowledge of and concerning for hearer’s wants
1 1.49
10 Offering, promising 6
8.95 11 Being optimistic that the hearer wants
what the speaker’s wants
2 2.98
12 Including both S and H in the activity 2
2.98 13 Giving or asking for reasons
1 1.49
14 Asserting reciprocal exchange or tit
for tat
15 Giving gifts to H goods, sympathy, understanding, cooperation
10 14.92
TOTAL 67
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As it is drawn in Table 2, there are 67 occurrences of positive politeness strategies in Carnage movie. The findings clearly show that the characters apply
most of strategies of positive politeness. The one that they do not apply is the strategy of asserting reciprocal exchange or tit for tat. It is because the characters
tend to use the strategy of offering and promising which has similar form with the strategy of asserting reciprocal exchange or tit for tat.
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