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No. Data
Types and Realizations Sociological
Factors Explanation
BR PP
NP OR
D P
R trying to think, well, is there
something that I haven’t thought of.
again. In addition, social distance is a factor that exists in the conversation since Oprah as a speaker and Amanda as the
host of View From The Top program.
37. Amanda : Well, there’s not much you
haven’t done so.
Oprah : Well, but I stay in my lane.
2 √
Oprah continues Amanda’s statements that is classified as negative politeness, hedge realization. It can be seen in the
word Well. She applies the word as hedge that is a polite way on how to state the statement. Like the previous datum,
social distance is a factor that motivating Oprah on performing her statement in the moment.
38. Amanda : Yeah.
Oprah : First let me answer your question.
2 √
In that occasion, Oprah Winfrey uses bald-on-record, metaphorical urgency for emphasis. It is performed in the
statement First that creates an intention to the hearer in order to make the hearer concerned with her statement and it can
be seen on how the urgency is happened in the strategy. In addition, the sociological factor that motivating Oprah does
the strategy is distance since there is the relation between the Oprah as the speaker and the students of Stanford Graduate
School of Business as the hearer.
39. Amanda : So we all know now what we
have to do, right?
Oprah : Yeah.
4 √
Oprah Winfrey performs off record on understate realization. She just answers Yeah for Amanda’s question
about what they have to do. It is called understate because she says as informative based on the question without giving
more explanation on it. Then, sociological factor that involving Oprah on doing the strategy is social distance.
40. Oprah : Are we going take some
questions?
Amanda : Well, yeah, so that’s what I wanted to say. I’d love to put
it up. 7
√ In the occasion, Oprah states the utterance to Amanda that is
categorized as positive politeness, presuppose realization. Oprah as the speaker asks Amanda that her knowledge
equals to Amanda’s knowledge. It is proved that she presupposes she will be asked again. It can be shown in Are
