Appreciation Token Research Methodology

digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id 44 Abby : cute kid. Mike : Yeah. Here, do me. The conversation happens in the make up room of the office. The participants are Abby and Mike. Abby is a producer of a morning news show “Sacramento AM”. By the fate, she has to work together with Mike, a rude host of show “The Ugly Truth”. Mike has been hired by the management of Abby’s office to do his show in “Sacramento AM” since it has a problem with low rating. Now Abby and Mike are friend, they do not hate each other like they used to. The conversation happens in the office, when they are break after show on television. Mike is the addressee of the compliment. He responds Abby’s compliment approately. He accepts Abby’s complimet by saying Yeah, it is same with ‘thanks’. It is concluded that his response as Appreciation token. He is not only responding on verbal but also non-verbal response, that is shown by smiling and nodding his head, Abby gives appreciation to Abby who gives a compliment about his nephew. Data : 12 00:56:32in the bar Mike : Well, then maybe you heard I turned it down. Abby : You did?..... Why? digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id 45 Mike : Jona. You know, he nedds me around. I may not be the best father figure out there... but I’am the only one he’s got. And I don’t wanna half-ass it all the way from San Francisco. Abby : Well, I think that’s a very good decision. Mike : thank you. The conversation happens when the participants are having beer at the bar.The participants of the conversation are Mike and Abby. Both participants work together in the show “Sacramento AM”, where Abby works as a producer and Mike is the host of a short segment “The Ugly Truth” in the show. In this time they are talking about Abby’s career, after finishing the plan for their live show tomorrow. However, they have close relationship, since they have been working together everyday for almost a month. Moreever, Mike has been succesful to help Abby in getting Collin Abby’s dream man to be her boyfriend. Mike is the addressee of the compliment. He accepts Abby’s compliment by saying thank You, it can be identified as acceptance response toward compliment. ThankYou is a verbal response to the compliment classified into appreciation token type. Data : 13 01: 00:02in the hotel Abby : So the car is gonna pick us up downtairs tomorrow at 8. Do you want me to call you? digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id 46 Mike : No, I’’ll get a wake-up call. Abby : Oh, yeah, good idea. Mike : Yeah. smile The conversation happens in the hotel, especially in that hotel elevator. They have been dinner together in the hotel, after Mike did his live show on the new program in the national tv. They are talks about the new program, and about Abby’s relationship with Collin. Mike is the addressee of the compliment. He listens and realizes the compliment as positive appreaciation. He showes his response by saying yeah and her positive facial expression by smilling. It means that he knows and feels the positive worth of the compliment. His way in responding to the compliment shows that he accepts and also appreciates Abby’s compliment. It can be concluded that Mike’s response dealing with appreciation token types of compliment response. The answered yeah as verbal indicates and smiling as non-verbal acceptance. Data : 15 01:05:01 Abby’s room Abby : Yeah, Collin why do you like me? Collin : surprised .... You’r beautiful, you’r smart You’r never critize Abby : “no respond” ...... smile Collin : you know what? You never try to control the situation. digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id 47 The conversation happens in Abby’s hotel room . The participants are Abby and Collin. Abby surprised when suddenly Collin came to her room without informing her before. In the part of movie, Abby returns to her room after going out with Mike cause there is an office meeting. They talked they are sharing while go in Abby’s room. When Mike gone and Abby will opens the door, she surprised saw Collin suddenly came in her room, she thought that she should be happy, but she hesitant. As the addressee of the compliment, Abby responds toward Collin’s compliment by smiling, it can be identified as appreciation token which it becomes a strategy to avoid sel-praise. By smiling, Abby gives appreciation to Collin who gives a compliment about her appearance.

b. Comment Acceptance

Addressee accepts the complimentary force and give a comment on the appreciated topic e. g, Yeah, its my favorite, too. The data which is classified to the type of comment acceptance as follows: Data : 5 00:20:01C ollin’s house Abby : well, I guess I’ll get going, then. Collin : Yeah. Abby : Yeah. Thanks again for saving my life. digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id 48 Collin : Anytime. The conversation above happens in Collin’s living room. The participant Abby and Collin. Collin helped Abby when she was being trapped in the tree to catch her cat. Abby was trying to catch her cat by climbing the tree. Then, she fell from the top of the tree. Abby cried for a help, and Collin hearing a loud cry, quickly he saved Abby and gave a medical treatment to Abby who turned her ankle. Abby is in love to Collin at the first sight since Collin is the perfect man. Collin accepted Abby’s compliment by saying anytime. This response is a kind of comment acceptance. Comment acceptance is the addressee give a comment on the appreciated topic. It can be showed by Abby’s response, it is mean that he accepted Abby’s compliment, and he added a comment to her compliment that he can help Abby again in other time.

c. Return

As with except that the praise is returned to the first speaker e.g., Son’s yours. The data which is classified to the type of return as follows: Data : 11 00:54:25in the office Abby : Just, you know, do what You always do. Mike : What do I always do? Abby : You... i don’t know, You... digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id 49 You entertain people with your moronic ideas... ... and they love you for it. Mike : May be the nicest thing you said to me. Abby : You’re welcome. Mike as the host on the program The Ugly Truth he will live show, and Abby has worked on the camera. Before Mike start the show, Abby gaves some advices and delivered praise to motivated Mike so that,he can fights for this show, because after this show Mike about go on the national television. In the end of their conversation, Mike responds the compliment by saying May be the nicest thing you said to me. Mike’s response to the compliment is classified into return type. Return is one of the types of compliment response that the praise is returned to the first speaker. It can be concluded this response includes into return type of compliment reponse in which there is Mike returned praise to the Abby as the first speaker by the addressee of the compliment.

d. Question

The addressee questions the sincerity or the appropriateness of the compliment e.g., Do you really think so?. The data which are classified to the type of questions are as follows: Data : 10 00:48:04in the bar Abby : ... On how men are full of hot air. Right? It’s goo, right? digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id 50 Mike : No. Abby : We should do some stuff on location... ... becaus e you’re great when you’re interactic with people. Mike : I’m sorry, did you just say I’m great? Abby : Yeah, you kind of are. The conversation happens when the participants are having beer at the bar.The participants of the conversation are Mike and Abby. Both participants work together in the show “Sacramento AM”, where Abby works as a producer and Mike is the host of a short segment “The Ugly Truth” in the show. In th is time they are talking about Abby’s career, after finishing the plan for their live show tomorrow. However, they have had close relationship, since they have been working together everyday for almost a month. Moreever, Mike has been succesful to help Abb y in getting Collin Abby’s dream man to be her boyfriend. Mike is the addressee of the compliment. The response of compliment which is delivered by Mike can be concluded in question types of compliment response. Question types is the addressee questions the sincerity or the appropiateness of the compliment. It can be shown when Mike gives a response by saying I’m sorry, did you just say I’m great?. Mike’s question means that Mike ask Abby what did she said that is sincere. digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id 51 Data : 14 01:03:56in the hotel Abby : Tell me what happened in the elevator. Should I tell Collin to go? Mike : No, why pull up anchor now? I mean, you worked damn hard to get him here. Abby : And that’s it? All you have to say? The conversation happens in the hotel, especially in front of Abby’s room. The participants are Abby and Mike. M ike wants to explains what are actually happening in the hotel elevator, but he did not it because he saw Collin in Abby’s room. Mike is the addressee of the compliment. He responds the compliment by saying And that’s it?. The response of compliment which is delivered by Mike can be concluded to question types of compliment response. Mike prefers a question is to get the appropiateness of Abby’s compliment. Data : 17 01: 14:56 Abby’s house Abby : oh, Mike ... You’re amazing. Mike : I am?? Abby : Yes.