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No. Data
Types and Realizations Sociological
Factors Explanation
BR PP
NP OR
D P
R through whole process,
because I’m grounded in my own self, that although I
could have more shoes, my feet stayed on the ground.
Amanda’s question. Like the previous datum, distance is a factor that exists in the strategy.
21. Amanda : That’s a sign.
Oprah : That’s a sign. So, so to answer your question.
Everything is fueled that comes from me really
wanting too be a better person on earth.
5 √
Oprah repeats Amanda’s statement That’s a sign. It means that Oprah emphasizes the words and makes the repetition to
agree with Amanda’s idea. In the conversation, they are talking about the spiritual practice to take care of
themselves. Then, the relation between Amanda as the host and Oprah as the speaker is categorized as distance in the
factor on doing the strategy.
22. Amanda : To reach everyone.
Oprah : To reach everyone. And there’s no way that you
wouldn’t. Because that, that’s what I truly feel.
5 √
In the show, Oprah repeats Amanda’s statements To reach everyone. It is considered as positive politeness, seek
agremeent. She states the words to agree with Amanda’s idea about to reach every person in every area on the carreer
that people get. From the conversation between Amanda and Oprah, there is a distance factor that exists in the strategy.
23. Amanda : I’m going to ask you too.
Oprah : Okay. You’re very okay. You’re doing very okay,
very okay. 5
√ Oprah applies off record strategy that the realization is
overstate. Actually, she can state the statement by just using Okay. Yet, she gives more statements than are needed. In the
occasion, the factor that motivates Oprah on doing the strategy is distance since there is a relation between Oprah
as the speaker and Amanda as the host of the program.
24. Amanda :Thank you. I want to switch
gears and focus a bit on philanthropy.
Oprah : Are you worried about getting all of your stuff in?
3 √
Oprah performs negative politeness classified as pesimistic. She has a pesimistics expression to Amanda regarding that a
job as a host is not only just to talk but also to connect people to ideas and make the audiences have a better life. In
addition, like the previous datum, a factor involving Oprah
