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categorizing the utterances, the data could be easier to be analyzed.
3. Identifying the Factors of Politeness Strategies
The next step was analyzing the factors of the politeness strategies. This procedure was done to find out why the characters applied the politeness
strategies into their utterances. The researcher employed the theory from Brown and Levinson 1987 about the factors influencing the choice of the strategies.
There are two factors that influence the characters in choosing the strategies, namely payoffs and sociological variables. Each strategy has its own payoffs
which influence the characters to choose certain strategy. The sociological variables consist of three factors, namely social distance, relative power, and rank
of imposition. Therefore, the writer provided explanation for the choice of strategy based on the theory proposed by Brown and Levinson 1987.
4. Writing Up the Report
The last procedure was writing up the report. The researcher started to write a report after completing all of the procedures. The researcher provided
explanation in each strategy and some examples to strengthen the explanation. In order to support the findings, the researcher would associate the findings to the
theory by Brown and Levinson 1987 about politeness strategies and the factors influence the choice of the strategy.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the findings and discussion in order to answer the research questions that have been formulated in the first chapter. The first research
question is the politeness strategies used by the four main characters in Begin Again
movie. The second research question is the factors that influence the four main characters in Begin Again in applying the politeness strategies.
A. Politeness Strategies Used by the Four Main Characters of Begin Again
This section describes the results of utterance analysis of the politeness strategies which are applied by the four main characters in Begin Again movie.
The four main characters are Dan Mulligan, Gretta James, Dave Kohl, and Steve. The analysis of the characters‟ utterances was done by employing the theory from
Brown and Levinson 1987 about politeness strategies. Bald on Record, Positive Politeness, Negative Politeness, and Off Record strategies were applied by three
of the main characters namely Dan Mulligan, Dave Kohl, and Gretta James. Meanwhile Steve only applied three types of the politeness strategies: Bald on
Record, Positive Politeness, and Negative Politeness. The politeness strategies found in Begin Again movie are illustrated in table 4.1.
Based on table 4.1, the writer found that Positive Politeness is the most frequent strategy applied by the four main characters. Bald on Record is on the
