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It usually used among people who know each other really well, when the speaker is superior to the hearer, and in a matter of urgency.
a. The Use of Bald On-Record by Ben Whittaker to Jules Ostin
Ben uses Bald On-record when he wants to give Jules an advice and boost her confidence. Jules feels a little bit down because the sponsors of her company
force her to find a CEO for her company. They think that the development of the company is too much for Jules to handle it by herself. The conversation between
Jules and Ben can be seen in Dialogue 5.
Dialogue 5 Time
: 00:35:47 – 00:36:16 Setting
: In front of Jules’ house. Situation
: Ben gives Jules an advice and boost her confidence. Participants : Ben Whittaker and Jules Ostin.
Ben : You started this business all by yourself a year and a half ago,
and now you have a staff of 220 people. Remember who did that. Jules
: Who? Um, thank you. Ben
: And I hate to say it, but try to get some sleep.
b. The Use of Bald On-record by Jules Ostin to Ben Whittaker
The expression of welcoming someone, like “come in” is one of the examples of Bald On-record. Jules welcomes Ben by saying,” No, no, come in.”
to invite him into her office. She also uses Bald On-record when she wants to encourage Ben to tell her something by saying. “What? Tell me.” It also expresses
Jules’ despair because at the moment Jules is trying to find a way to delete her mother’s email without letting her mother knows about it.
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CHAPTER III CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION, AND RECOMMENDATION
This chapter consists of three parts namely conclusion, implication and recommendation. Conclusion deals with the summary of the study. Implication
deals with implication in language teaching and learning. Recommendation consists of input for future researchers and English learners to conduct further
studies on the same topic.
A. Conclusion
The study is conducted to analyse the use of politeness strategies by the main characters of The Intern movie, Jules Ostin and Ben Whitaker. It aims
especially to analyse the four politeness strategies, namely Bald-on Record, Negative Politeness, Positive Politeness, and Off-Record, proposed by Brown and
Levinson 1987. Based on the data found, both main characters of The Intern movie use all
four politeness strategies. The most frequent strategy used by Jules and Ben is Positive Politeness. Both of the characters acknowledge the hearer’s Positive Face
wants to maintain their relationship. There are some other factors affected the use of Politeness Strategies by
Ben Whittaker and Jules Ostin, such as gender, age, and power relation. However, the limitation of this paper is to discuss the use of Politeness Strategies by Ben
Whittaker and Jules Ostin in The Intern movie as proposed by Brown and PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
