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CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
The interview between Putra Nababan and Barack Obama was in the White House on March 22
nd
2010. The data is in the form of utterances. Below are the utterances from both participants and the performed FTAs.
No Participant Utterance
FTA 1.
Putra Nababan
Masih bisa bahasa Indonesia?.....This is quite good i think, banyak latihan? Do you have practiced
with...? Request
personal information
Are you still on the plan? Request
We can find you becak if you come on in summer Promise, Reminding
I think they have been preparing for you, even your SD Asisi, SD Menteng they all preparing, I
dont know how they gonna take it Reminding,
Bringing bad news
There is still prevailing scepticism that you will be unable to act on your stance
Bringing bad news
what life lesson do you take from your experience in Indonesia that help make you the person you are
today? Compliment
You tickled him from the back Accusation
Is this include the military assistance? Interruption
Was one of your reading in Indonesian folklore like Mahabbarata and comics like Petruk and
Gareng is your favorite?.......And Gareng and Petruk?.... Do you really memorize Pancasila?...
You don’t?... That’s i have to confirm. Is it true that you like nasi goreng and Bakso?...... You
listen that? Request
You mention about people to people, many Indonesians have high expectation that US under
your leadership succesful implementing that the two state solutions to the Israel-Palestinian
conflict, is this realistic expectation? Raising
divisive topic
Is it true that you used to tease your female Request
classmates to get their attention? Sampai Jumpa di Jakarta
Reminding You have maybe your favorite sentence that you
remember, that you know? Nasi goreng?
So, you are telling the Indonesian people through me that you are not coming on this Tuesday but
instead you are going this summer? You bring family?
Request
Aside from financial intelligent assistance that US giving, what kind of cooperation that US would
give to rise out the root of terrorism in Indonesia? The last one, is it true you wrote a poem stating
that your dream is to become a President? Request
Do you remember breaking someone’s arm? Raising
Dangerous Topic
You tickled the guy? Request
2. Barack
Obama I mean, the truth is i have so many good memories
of Indonesia and it is such a special place to keep in my mind
Bringing bad news
i think it makes more senses to me to delay the trip until summer, until sometime in June
Bringing bad news
Please let them know, i gonna let them know through you, i dont want to dissapoint any body
Order It is comprehensive, so, in my conversation with
President Yudhoyono and our team we want to create comprehensive partnership that include
political and security issues, include economic and technological issues,
…obviously Indonesia is a major force in southeast asia....still on the floor
then interrupted by Nababan …The assurance of
military assistance? Obviously, there has been some controversies in terms of military assistance
in the past, but since the advant of democracy in Indonesia that we’ve seen,
Bringing bad news
Well, i think we have to acknowledge those past human right abuses existence and so we can go
forward without looking back out some...and understanding that enormous problem, not just for
America but also for Indonesian people Bringing bad
news
Well, i think there is combination of things, i think that there are a lot of countries that have poverty
but don ’t have terrorism
Disagreement
Please tell him that i apologize for that, i felt so bad, i remember, feeling terrible
Order
Nababan and Obama made utterances in the form of questions and statements. Through their words, the writer analyzes the strategies employed. It is
not only Brown and Levinson theory that used, but also the supporting theories from Jonathan Culpeper, Thomas Jenny and George Yule. Then, the writer
analyzes the difference of power level influence in their communication using Spencer-
Oatey perspective, combined with the Brown’s sociological variables and Leech’s scale.
B. Data Analysis