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A. Data Analysis
1. Topics of Appearance
The topic of appearance is divided into two:
a. Personal Appearance
The topic of personal appearance deals with apparel or clothing and other aspects of personal appearance such as physical appearance. From all data,
the topic of personal appearance is found in the compliment in which the speakers positively value the appearance. The physical appearance of the
addressees usually deals with their apparel and personal trait. The data classifications are as follow:
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1. Personal appearance
Arthur : Im wondering why a beautiful girl like you would go to a strangers
house for her Christmas vacation and on top of that, spend Saturday night with an old cocker like me.
Iris : Well, I... I just wanted to get away from the people I see all the time.
Well, not all the people. One person. I wanted to get away from one guy. An ex-boyfriend who just got engaged and forgot to tell me.
Description of Context
The conversation happens at Saturday night in a restaurant in Los Angeles. The participants are Arthur and Iris. Arthur is an old man who is wobbly walking,
while Iris is a beautiful twenties girl. They just met each other at the street in the
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afternoon and then go for a dinner at night. So, it can be concluded that they are totally strange to each other.
In this part of story, Iris who just landed in Los Angeles is befriended with her new neighbor, Arthur. In her new place, she does not have a close friend
except Arthur, so she intends to arrange a dinner with him who in fact is too old for being her dating partner. In the restaurant, they introduce themselves to each
other. They share about their own life and their conversation runs pleasantly.
Analysis of compliment
Iris is a beautiful young lady from English countryside. Meanwhile, Arthur is an old man who stays alone in his ancient Brentwood home. At that time, Iris
gets in trouble with her adoring guy namely Jasper. Jasper bet rays Iris‟s love, so
that she feels desperate. She cannot control her emotion. She needs a holiday far away from her place. As a hint, she then decided to show off her charming cottage
on the internet site that specializes in home exchanges. On impulse, Amanda, a young lady who lives in Southern California, finds Iris‟s English Cottage to be her
suitable place to get a holiday. So both of them agree to crisscross continents and move into each others homes for two weeks.
Iris lands in Los Angeles on a spectacularly clear day. Not long after she arrives at Amandas Brentwood home, she is befriended by Arthur, an old man
who is wobbly walking. Although they are still strange enough, but at Saturday night, they go for dinner in a restaurant, they are just like a couple who are dating
on Christmas vacation.
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In this scene, Arthur shows his curiosity toward Iris, because according to him, it is unusual when a beautiful young lady goes
to stranger‟s house in the Christmas vacation, and on top of that, spending Saturday night with an old
cocker like him. In the dialog, Arthur employs compliment expression in his question toward Iris. As we know, compliment can be used in various ways, in
this case, Arthur employs compliment in a form of interrogative sentence. He uses the adjective word
„beautiful‟ to show his positive remark about Iris‟s good- looking face. The compliment has topic of appearance since the complimented
object refers to Iris‟s appearance. Based on the explanation above, in fact Arthur feels curious and wants to
know the reason why Iris wants to go dinner with an old man like him. However, he does not want to offend Iris‟s feeling by his question. Thus, it can be concluded
that the function of the compliment is to affirm solidarity and sympathy. The addressee of the compliment is Iris. The response toward compliment
is unexpressed acceptance. In this case, Amanda does not apparently respond to the compliment. However, her answer toward Arthur
‟s question is recognized as acceptance to compliment and is unexpressed.
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2. Personal Appearance Olivia : You look like my Barbie.
Amanda : Thanks.
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Description of Context
The conversation happens in Graham‟s home. The participants are Amanda and Olivia. Amanda is Graham
‟s new girlfriend, while Olivia is Graham‟s youngest daughter. She is about 4 years old. It is their first meeting, so
that both participants have distant relationship. In this part of story, it is the first time for Amanda coming
to Graham‟s home. Graham introduces Amanda to his two daughters namely Olivia and
Sophie. In the conversation, Olivia, the youngest, comments on Amanda‟s
appearance and gives her a compliment due to her gorgeous appearance.
Analysis of compliment
Amanda is a beautiful lady working as the owner of a prosperous advertising company in Los Angeles, so it is not surprising that she always puts so
much attention on her appearance. While, Olivia is a little girl who is still 4 years old in aged. As children do, Olivia loves to play Barbie. For her, Barbie is the best
imagination of a beautiful woman looks like, with a perfect body, a nice dress and a beautiful face.
In this part of the story, Amanda intentionally visits Graham‟s house.
Arriving at the doorway, she is surprised by the welcoming of two children in Graham‟s house. Whereas, up to that time, Amanda does not know that her
boyfriend, Graham, already has two daughters, namely Sophie and Olivia. Before, Amanda feels disappointed, but then Graham gives her explanation so that she can
understand Graham condition as a widower who had been left by the death of his wife two years ago.
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In this scene, Amanda comes to Graham‟s house with her attractive make-
up on her face; she wears a skirt along with its matching coat, and also wears black high heels. She looks gorgeous. In this case, Olivia sees the beautiful
Amanda as a perfect woman. That‟s why; when Amanda removes her coat, spontaneously Olivia delivers compliment to Amanda by saying that she looks
like her Barbie which has a perfect body, a dazzling dress, and a beautiful face. Based on the explanation, the compliment has topic of appearance, it deals with
personal appearance because the complimented object is Amanda‟s overall appearance. In this case, the function of Olivia
‟s compliment is to express admiration or approval.
Amanda is the addressee of the compliment. Although she is still shocked by the welcoming of two little
children in Graham‟s house, she recognizes the compliment worthy. Thus, she accepts
Sophie‟s compliment by saying „thanks‟. We know that saying
„thanks‟ can be identified as acceptance response toward compliment.
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3. Personal Appearance
Olivia : I like your eye shadow.
Amanda : Thank you.
Description of Context
The conversation above still takes place in Graham‟s house. The
participants are Amanda and Olivia. Amanda is Graham new girlfriend, while
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Olivia is Graham‟s daughter. She is about 4 years old. It is their first meeting so both of them have distant relationship.
After having dinner together, Amanda is invited by Olivia to see her private room. She wants to show her special tent. Both participants lay under the
tent. Amanda lays beside Olivia so they can look at each other face closely. Then, the conversation occurs. During the conversation, Olivia notices
at Amanda‟s face and then she gives her compliment on her eye shadow.
Analysis of compliment
Amanda is a beautiful mature lady from Los Angeles. She has a beautiful face and perfect body. As women usually do, she always pays so much attention
on her appearance. She makes up on her face and does some treatments to keep her appearance looking good.
In this scene, Amanda visits Graham house. She is welcomed by Graham ‟s
two daughters namely Olivia and Sophie. Just after dinner, Olivia, the youngest, invites Amanda to visit her private room. She wants to show her great tent which
is located in the room. Being in her private room, Olivia lets Amanda lay under the tent. Amanda then lies beside Olivia so they can look each other face closely.
Olivia looks at Amanda‟s face deeply. She observes Amanda‟s eyes and finds the beautiful eye shadow around her eyes. Olivia delivers compliment to show her
admiration toward Amanda‟s eye shadow. Since the complimented object is Amanda‟s eye shadow, it can be concluded that the compliment has topic of
appearance, especially deals with the personal appearance. Here, Olivia supposes
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to be honest on delivering the compliment. Consequently, Olivia‟s compliment
functions to express positive evaluation. Amanda is the addressee of the compl
iment. She responds Olivia‟s compliment appropriately
. She accepts Olivia‟s compliment by saying „thanks‟. It is concluded as acceptance.
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4. Personal Appearance Miles
: Say, you look great, by the way.
Iris : Thanks.
Miles : Really great.
Iris : Thanks, Im feeling good.
Description of Context
The conversation above takes place in movie-disc rental. The participants are Miles and Iris. Iris is a lady who just moves to Los Angeles in charge of home
exchange with Amanda. Meanwhile, Miles is a new friend of her. They firstly met at Amanda‟s Brentwood home. Miles is a film composer who works with
Amandas ex-boyfriend. They have close relationship. In that afternoon, Miles and Iris make appointment to meet up in the
movie-disc rental. The conversation runs there. Iris firstly arrives there, and then looks for her own favorite movie-disc. Couple minutes later, Miles comes
bringing two glasses of ice creams. He gives a glass for Iris and the other glass for himself. After giving a glass of ice cream to Iris, he then looks at Iris‟s
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appearance. Iris looks very fresh at that time so it encourages Miles to deliver compliment to her.
Analysis of compliment
Iris is a beautiful young lady who just moves to Los Angeles in charge of home exchange with Amanda. Meanwhile, Miles is a new friend of her. They
firstly met at Amanda‟s Brentwood home. Miles is a film composer who works with Amandas ex-boyfriend.
In this scene, Miles o ffers himself to be Iris‟s companion to go to a movie-
disc rental. Then, they make appointment to meet up in the movie-disc rental. Later, Iris firstly arrives there; she searches the disc-shelf to get her favorite movie
discs. Couple minutes later, Miles comes bringing two glasses of ice cream on his hand. After giving one of the glasses for Iris, Miles then looks at Iris deeply. Iris
looks so fresh at that time, wearing a broken white blazer and a white scarf around her neck. She looks gorgeous. It encourages Miles to give compliment about her
appearance. He says that Iris looks so great. Based on the explanation above, Miles‟s compliment has topic of
appearance, it deals with personal appearance. Miles employs the adjective word „great‟ to express his admiration toward Iris‟s appearance. He also emphasizes his
amazement by repeating the compliment and puts the word „really‟ in his next
compliment. Therefore, Miles‟s compliment functions as the expression of
admiration. Iris
is the addressee of Miles‟s compliment. She shows her acceptance toward Miles‟s compliment in the form of thanking. She also repeats it in the next
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compliment. Iris thinks that she feels good after doing sports with Arthur, her friend.
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5. Personal Appearance
Arthur : Iris youre a knockout.
Iris : Thank you. And may I say so are you.
Description of Context
The conversation above happens at the doorstep of Arthur‟s house. The
participants are Arthur and Iris. Arthur is a noted screenwriter from Hollywoods Golden Era. That night, he waits for Iris to go to his award night. Couple minutes
later, Iris arrives at his house. Arthur is surprised by Iris‟s appearance. She looks
so beautiful in her black gown. Arthur delivers compliment toward Iris ‟s
appearance.
Analysis of compliment
Based on this film, Arthur is invited by the Association of The Noted Writer Guild of America- West. He is honored to be a guest star at the event of
“Evening with Arthur Abott”. He is very glad. That night is one of remarkable night for Arthur so he prepares everything really well. He also asks Iris to be his
partner to accompany him in that event. In this part of the story, Arthur waits for the coming of his partner, Iris. He
waits at the doorstep of his house. Couple minutes later, Iris arrives at Arthur‟s
house. She looks so elegant in her black gown. Arthur is surprised by Iris‟s
appearance. He spontaneously delivers his compliment using slang word. He says
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that Iris is a knockout. Based on A Dictionary of American Idiom, the word „knockout‟ means strikingly beautiful woman. Therefore, it can be concluded that
Arthur‟s compliment has topic of appearance, it deals with personal appearance, because the object complimented is Iris‟s appearance. In this context, the function
of Arthur‟s compliment is the expression of admiration. Iris is the addressee of the compliment. Her response toward
Arthur‟s compliment is acceptance. It can be seen from her expression of thanking and
smiling which indicate as an acceptance. Iris also returns back the compliment to Arthur by claiming that Arthur do the same.
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6. Personal Appearance Miles
: Sorry Im late. The Maggie thing took a little time, but it is over.
Finished. looking at Iris deeply. You look beautiful.
Iris : smiling Thank you.
Description of Context
The conversation above happens at the night of Writers Guild. The participants are Miles and Iris. Both of them accompany Arthur performing
himself as the guest star in the big event namely “Evening with Arthur Abott”.
Miles comes late so he apologizes to Iris. Miles glimpses for Iris twice and he looks at Iris deeply. He is amazed by Iris‟s appearance. Subsequently, he delivers
compliment regarding Iris‟s appearance.
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Analysis of compliment
Based on the film, Miles comes late at the event because he has to finish his problem with her ex-girlfriend namely Maggie, which is in dialog above he
calls „Maggie thing”. He arrives there when Arthur is delivering his speeches on the stage. Although coming late, he hurriedly runs to get the first line chair. He
looks for Iris. Finally, he can find her and sits next to her. Miles clarifies the reason of his coming late to Iris. He then apologizes to
Iris. During the conversation, Miles glimpses for Iris twice, he intentionally looks at Ir
is‟s appearance. Iris is so elegant in her black gown. It encourages Miles to give compliment to Iris. Therefore, Miles‟s compliment has topic of appearance, it
deals with personal appearance. Miles uses the adjective word „beautiful‟ to show
his admiratio n toward Iris‟s appearance. Based on the context, Miles‟s
compliment functions as an expression of admiration. Iris is the addressee of the compliment. Her response toward
Miles‟s compliment is acceptance. It can be seen from her smiling gesture and thanking
expression.
b. Possession
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