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1. Payoffs
Payoff was the the expected result of the politeness strategies. When a speaker chose a politeness strategy, the speaker might be considering about the
payoffs when he or she decided used certain strategy. Brown and Levinson 1987 explain that when a speaker applied the strategy, the speaker expected a certain
result that was advantageous for him. Every politeness strategy had its own advantageous for him. Bald-on record gave the speaker a chance to be cleared.
Positive politeness gave the speaker the chance to satisfy hearer‟s positive face.
Negative politeness would gave the speaker the chance to satisfy hear er‟s negative
face. Meanwhile, Off-record gave the speaker the chance to satisfy hearer‟s face
in a greater degree and to avoid the responsibility of the FTA he does. The writer would discuss the payoffs found in the movie when the speaker applied each
politeness strategy. Furthermore, this section was divided into four parts, namely bald-on record payoffs, positive politeness payoffs, negative politeness payoffs,
and off-record payoffs.
a. Bald On-Record Payoffs in Twilight Movie
Brown and Levinson 1987 state that Bald-on record strategy was a direct way of saying things, without any minimization to the imposition, in a direct,
unambiguous and concise way. Therefore, Bald-on record payoffs was like giving the speaker a chance to be clear and efficient to show demonstrable non
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Bald on Record strategy in their utterances. The example of Bald-on record strategy based on the payoff was exemplified in dialogue 2.
In dialogue 2, Edward said to Bella “Get in the car” when the naughty
boys disturbed her. Edward could avoid the responsibility of doing FTA to Bella. He said that in a direct and efficient way. Because of
Bella‟s situation was kind of urgent and needed help from the naughty boys who wanted to tease her. Then,
luckily Edward came to save her or otherwise Bella could get hurt. Edward realized he had to say this in order for kept Bella away from the naughty boys.
The utterance showed that he had great impositions toward the hearer. It indicated great urgency and clarity in speaking.
b. Positive Politeness Payoffs in Twilight Movie
Positive politeness payoff refers to action of minimizing the distance between the speaker and the hearer and also making the hearer felt accepted and
felt good about himself and his interest. Brown and Levinson 1987 state that positive politeness strategy allowed the speaker satisfied
the hearer‟s positive face. Positive politeness strategy was employed by the main characters of Twilight
movie. The payoff was exemplified in dialogue 4, between Jessica and Bella. Jessica demonstrated positive politeness strategy and the choice of the strategy
based in the payoffs. In the conversation 4, Jessica said,
“Oh my god, it‟s like, the first grade all over again, you‟re the shiny new toy” to Bella. The speaker addressed term “the
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she considered Bella as the new student who was treated special with her friends. From the utterance, Jessica wanted to satisfy Bella‟s positive face.
Another example of positive politeness payoff was exemplified in the dialogue 8, the scene where Jessica tried a dress and asked Bella opinion about the
dress. Friendship was obviously represented by Bella to Jessica when Bella complimented
Jessica‟s dress. Bella comforted Jessica by saying “It looks great.” Bella applied the positive politeness strategy and it was affected by the payoffs of
fulfilling the positive face of Jessica.
c. Negative Politenes Payoffs in Twilight Movie
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