as the victim and her father who sits as a witness. The lowest frequency of occurrence is the Off Record Strategy. Atticus uses the strategy mostly when
talking to Mayella, the victim and also Tom, the defendant who are not too close to him, so he needs to use off record strategy.
The second conclusion of the research is about the realization of the politeness strategy. The highest frequency of realization of the Bald on Record
politeness strategy is “showing great urgency, efficiency and task orientation”
with 13 occurrences. The reason behind this high number of occurrence is because Atticus mostly talks to Sheriff who is also his close friend. Atticus
uses the strategy to dig facts and story about the crime, so great urgency, efficiency and task orientation is crucial.
For the positive politeness strategy, the highest frequency of realization is
“seeking agreement to talk about safe topics, avoiding disagreement and using a joke to put the hearer at ease
” with 9 occurrences. The reason behind these occurrences is because Atticus uses it when talking to the victim of the
raping. In order to dig facts of the crime without hurting the victim more, Atticus uses this realization. He seeks agreement in safe topic in order to get
the information he needs. For the negative politeness strategy, the highest frequency of realization
is “being conventionally indirect” with 4 occurrences. The realization is to
avoid burden to the hearer. Atticus mostly uses this realization when interrogating Mayella and her father about sensitive things and particular facts
on the raping, so that he needs to avoid burden.
For the off record strategy, the highest frequency of realization is “Assuming, understating and overstating” with 5 occurrences. It is because
Atticus often uses assumption, and also understatement and overstatement on his utterances during the trial. He uses such strategy because he needs to avoid
imposition to the hearer and save their face.
B. Suggestions
Here, the researcher would like to give some suggestions for other researchers and student of english department dealing with the use of politeness
strategies. The explanations are as follows:
1. For Other Researchers
The first suggestion is presented for other researchers who are interested in pragmatics. The researcher encourages other researchers to have a better
analysis dealing with the use of politeness strategies either it is carried out on a similar or different object.
2. For Student of English Department
This research can be used as another reference for the students of English Study Program who want to conduct research on pragmatics, particularly based on
the theory of politeness strategies in court.
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