Data Description RESEARCH FINDINGS

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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