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used for analyzed for the data are politeness strategy by Brown and Levinson, and speech act by Austin.
2. Data Analysis
In this part, the analysis has been divided into 12 dialogues which contain politeness strategy. Every dialogue has been analyzed based on the context of
utterance, illocution act, FTA, and the factors influencing the choice of strategy.
Dialogue 1
1 0:12
Ellen : When I was a little girl growing up in New Orleans I never dreamed
that have my own show and I certainly never thought Id be able to say these words. Please welcome the President of the United States Barack
Obama audiences clapping
2 0:51
Obama : Can I just say I was watching some of the dance moves on
that stage. You guys don’t forget? I like it
3 1:00
Ellen : Yap the gentlemen they were on the floor touch falling very well
a. Politeness Strategy in Dialogue 1
In datum 1 Ellen used negative politeness in strategy 2 which is hedge by mentioning word “Please” before she uttered a direction. Here Ellen asked her
audiences to welcome Mr. President while he was entering the talk show stage. The illocution used here is directive, where S want X or speaker wanted situation.
In this case, the situation that is wanted by Ellen as speaker was her audiences in the studio were welcoming Mr. President. This action could be threatening
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negative face of her audiences because it predicted some future act of hearer and in so doing put some pressure on hearer to do the act.
In the meantime, Obama used positive politeness in strategy 9 in datum 2 which is
assert or presuppose speaker’s knowledge of and concern for hearer’s
wants. This is the first utterances Obama uttered after he entered the talk show
stage. Obama ever saw the dance on talk show stage several times ago in his previous interview with Ellen. The illocution used by Obama was assertive
because he was reporting something.
b. Factors Influencing the Choice of Strategy in Dialogue 1
1. Payoff to Use Politeness Strategies
Ellen‟s payoff in datum 1 for using negative politeness in strategy 2 is to save the audience‟s negative face. By using this strategy, Ellen could give a
direction to her interlocutors without threatening their negative face. This strategy could redress
audiences‟ negative face by carefully avoiding presuming or assuming that anything involved in the FTA is desired by them.
Meanwhile, Obama‟s payoff in datum 2 for using positive politeness in strategy 9 is to satisfy his interlocutor‟s face. It derives from the want to convey
that the speaker and the addressee are cooperatively involved in the relevant activity. He wanted to show that he had been familiar with the stage because he
had come there before.
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2. Sociological value
The social distance factor in datum 1 has a great value for the FTA weightiness. The social distance between Ellen and her audience was great based
on an assessment of the frequency of the interaction.
Table 3.2. The analysis of politeness strategy in dialogue 1 No.
Data Speaker
FTA Politeness
strategy Factor the Choice of Strategy
Payoff Sociological
1 Ellen
Request negative
politeness in strategy 2; hedge
save the audience‟s
negative face Distance
2 Obama
No FTA positive
politeness in strategy 9; assert
or presuppose speaker‟s
knowledge of and concern for
hearer‟s wants satisfy
audience‟s face -
Dialogue 2
9 1:18
Ellen:
the last time you were here you are running for president and now
youre leaving I feel like I have something to do with this both. An obvious question but what how do you feel now compared to when you
were here before?
10 1:32
Obama: older
11 1:35
Ellen: yes you can say that. Tired?
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12 1:37
Obama: you know over the interesting thing is actually I feel really
energetic. The first time I came, there was a lot of possibilities out there but also uncertain and you know. Youre young youre eager to get
started but you dont know what you dont know and now after having served for seven years, and having got a lot done seen the
progress that weve made. Seeing the incredible resilience the
American people in fighting back from recession and more in some ways. The fear drops away you feel confident but Americas going to
do well you know the job better or more relaxed than and just as enthusiastic as I was the first NASCAR
a. Politeness Strategy in Dialogue 2
