Penelope and Michael were trying to sav e Penelope’s wet books by
using hairdryer. However, she thought that the paper was going to warp by the hairdryer. Thus, Michael stated that they could make the book flat by putting
some other books on the top of it. He had saved Penelope’s positive face by
using the strategy of including both S and H in the activity. He included Penelope to the activity by using the word
“we”.
m. Giving or asking for reasons
Besides the strategy of asserting or presupposing knowledge of and concerning for hearer’s wants, the strategy of giving or asking for reasons also
has the lowest rank from the data finding compared to the others. This strategy only appears once, or 1.49. The only one datum of this strategy is presented
below.
4:32 Nancy Cowan : She broke my make-up mirror And my perfume Why dont you stand up for me?
Alan Cowan : Let’s go.
PPC065 Penelope grabbed
Nancy’s handbag and threw it against the door. All the contents of her handbag spilled out. Nancy picked up the items that had
fallen from her bag. Then, she asked Alan to stand up for her to show that he supported her. She decided to say
“Why don’t you stand up for me?” instead of saying directly
“You should stand up for me” to make her request more reasonable for Alan.
n. Giving gifts to H goods, sympathy, understanding, cooperation
Finally, the last strategy of positive politeness is giving gifts to H goods, sympathy, understanding, cooperation strategy. This strategy is in the
second rank of the most-frequent data finding in Carnage movie. Its percentage is 14.92 out of 100. It means that among there are 10 data out of 67
occurrences. A datum that portrays an occurrence of this function is as follows.
4:33 Michael Longstreet : We always said, Brooklyn Bridge Park, fine. Hillside, no way.
Penelope Longstreet : Only goes to show you. But hey, thank you for
coming.
PPC002 Penelope printed the statement paper and gave it to Nancy. Once the
paper wa s in his wife’s hand, Alan tried to cut the meeting short, started
backing up toward the foyer. They continued talking as all made their way progressively toward the front door. Then, Penelope delivered her gratitude to
the Cowans since they had come to the apartment to solve the problem of their sons. She used the strategy of giving gifts to H goods, sympathy,
understanding, cooperation to sav e the Cowans’ positive faces. In this case,
she gave cooperation to them by saying thanks since they had come to her house.
Another example of this strategy is shown in the below datum. 4:34 Penelope Longstreet: The permanent implants can only be done once
you stop growing.
Nancy Cowan :
Naturally. I hope... I hope it all turns out all right.
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