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NP OR
D P
R
in doing the strategy is distance.
25. Amanda : No, we’re doing great. We’re
just going to keep going. I think everyone likes this,
right? We’re good?
Oprah : Okay.
4 √
In the occasion, Oprah just says Okay to answer Amanda’s question. What Oprah has done is categorized as off record
specifically understate since understate gives less than positive response to the hearer. The social factor influencing
Oprah in the conversation is distance.
26. Amanda : So, I watched your interview
with the Forbes conference on philanthropy. And you said
something really interesting. Which is that early on some
of your biggest mistakes in giving were because you
made emotional decisions.
Oprah : Yeah.
4 √
Like the previous datum, Oprah simply says Yeah to give Amanda’s explanation about Forbes conference on
philanthropy. Her statement is indicated as off record concerned with understate. Besides, there is a relation
between Oprah and Amanda as a social distance factor. It can be seen in the show that the closeness between both of
them start to close one another to enjoy the conversation.
27. Amanda : So, how do you strike a
balance between emotion and logic? How do you make sure
that you’re making logical decisions when you’re giving?
Oprah : These are so well thought out.
11 √
Oprah answers Amanda’s question on how Oprah believes that making decision when she is giving. Oprah has an
optimistic expression that those thought in making decision are well. What Oprah has done is indicated that she uses
positive politeness focused on be optimistic realization. The factor that involves Oprah in doing the strategy is distance.
28. Amanda : Thank you.
Oprah : Okay, let me think about that for a moment. Very
good. 1
√ In the occasion, Oprah employs negative politeness
categorized as be conventionally indirect. The expression is indirect because Oprah asks for the time to Amanda to
continue their conversation about logical decision. It is proved in the expression let me think about that for a
moment.
Besides, the factor influencing Oprah on
performing the strategy is distance since there is the relation
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Factors Explanation
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NP OR
D P
R
between Amanda as the host and Oprah as a speaker in the program.
29. Amanda : Thank you.
Oprah : Okay. Well I would have to
say that you need both. You need emotion and you need
logic. 11
√ Oprah applies positive politeness, be optimistic. It means
that Oprah has an optimistic expression to the hearer that they need emotion and logic on making decision. The factor
motivating Oprah on doing the strategy is rank of imposition. It is because Oprah offers the hearer to think
about emotion and logic to decide something.
30. Amanda : You stayed with him, right?
Oprah : I stayed with him for –
stayed with him for ten days.
5 √
In the occasion, Oprah repeats Amanda’s statements stayed with him that is about staying with Nelson Mandela. Her
utterance is categorized as positive politeness, seek
agreement. She repeats the statement in a purpose to agree with Amanda’s idea. In addition, social distance is a factor
influencing Oprah in doing the strategy.
31. Amanda : Yeah you should.
Oprah : I should’ve. 5
√ Like the previous datum, she repeats Amanda’s words on
how Oprah wishes she has 29 meals when she was in Nelson Mandela’s living room. It can be seen that Amanda says you
should and then Oprah states by using I should’ve. What she has done in the statements is classified as positive politeness,
seek agreement. Besides, the factor that motivating Oprah on performing the strategy is distance.
32. Amanda : You should do it now.
Oprah : I didn’t record it so some things I think was that the
2nd meal or 12th meal. Anyway, so I was sitting in
Nelson – sitting with Adiva and we were talking about
how, how do you really 2
√ In the show, Oprah talks about things that remind her when
she was in Nelson Mandala’s living room. Also, she uses hedges like I think, how do you really that indicated as
negative politeness, using hedges. She applies hedges in the statement to make it true. The factor that motivates Oprah in
doing the strategy is distance since there is the relation between Oprah as the speaker and Amanda as the host of the
program.
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