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C. Theoretical Framework
This study particularly aims at observing and analyzing the use of politeness strategies in the utterances produced by the main characters of
Twilight
movie. The writer summarizes and synthesizes all theories related to the study to answer the two formulated research problems. There are two research problems in
this study, namely, the kinds of politeness strategies used by the main characters in
Twilight
and the factors that influences the choice of politeness strategies by the main characters in
Twilight
movie. Since the focus of this study is the use of politeness strategies employed
by the main characters, it is obvious that it would be related to many various utterances in conversation or the use of language in conversation. In other words,
the writer needs to comprehend the meaning of the characters‟ utterances in
context pragmatics. Pragmatics is necessary because it deals with relation between language and context. It deals with the utterances of
Twilight
movie‟s characters. In order to answer the two research problems, the writer applied the
theories of politeness strategy proposed by Brown and Levinson 1987. The first research problem is
“What kinds of politeness strategies are used by the main characters in
Twilight
movie ?” will be solved using Brown and
Levinson‟s politeness strategies theory. There are four strategies namely bald on- record, positive politeness, negative politeness, and off-record strategy. The writer
employs the four strategies to classify the utterances done by the main characters of
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The second research problem is “What kinds of factors influencing the
choice of politeness strategies done by the main characters in
Twilight
movie?” Brown and Levinson 1987 will also be used in solving the second research
problem. There are two factors are likely influence the application of the politeness strategies. These two factors are the payoffs and the sociological
variables. The writer analyzes the utterance done by the main characters of
Twilight
movie in accordance with these two factors. Thus, this chapter provides all of the theories needed and related to this
study. One theory in particular is politeness theory by Brown and Levinson 1987. This main theory will be used to analyze the main characters‟ utterances
to discover what politeness strategies used in
Twilight
movie and the factors influencing the choice of the strategies.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter will be divided into six parts. The first part is about the research method which describes the methods used in this study. The second part
is about the research setting which describes when the study was conducted. The third part is about the data source which elaborates the participants who were
involved in this study. The fourth part is about the instruments and data gathering technique which describe about the instruments and the techniques in gathering
the data. The fifth part is about the data analysis technique which explains about the technique employed in this study to analyze the data. Then, the sixth part is
about the research procedure which elaborates the steps in conducting this study.
A. Research Method
The focus in this study was politeness strategies used by the main characters of
Twilight
movie. More specifically, the two research problems in this study were 1 Which politeness strategies are used by the four main characters in
Twilight
movie? 2 What are the factors influencing the choice of politeness strategies used by the main characters in
Twilight
movie? This study concerns the way the four main characters of
Twilight
implemented the politeness strategies in their conversation in the movie. Therefore, this study is a study about how
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