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A STUDY OF COMPLIMENT AND COMPLIMENT
RESPONSES BASED ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN
“LIVE! WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL” SHOW

PAPER
Submitted to the English Department
To Fulfill Partial Requirements
For the Degree of Sarjana Sastra

JUWITA KUMARA WIJAYANDARU
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ENGLISH LITERATURE PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2015

Approval Page

The precious Last Assignment has been defended of the Examination

Committee of Satya Wacana Christian University at:
Day and date : January 5th , 2016
Place at
: GD, FBS – Kartini Salatiga
and has been accepted according to the decision of the Examination
Committee
Examination Committee,

Esriaty S Kendenan, S.S.,M.Si.,M.Hum

Rindang Widiningrum, S.S., M.Hum.

Paper Advisor

Examiner

Approved by:

Deta Maria Sri Darta, S.Pd., M.Hum.
Head of English Literature Program


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Copyright Statement

This paper contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in
any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any
university. To the best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material
previously published or written by any other person except where due reference
is made in the text.
Copyright© 2016. Juwita Kumara Wijayandaru and Esriaty S Kendenan,
S.S.,M.Si.,M.Hum. All rights reserved. No part of this paper may be reproduced
by any means without the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or
the English Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana
Christian University, Salatiga.

Juwita Kumara Wijayandaru: _________________

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This paper could not finish without Allah and lovely people that give me
support and help. First of all, I am so grateful to Allah who shows the miracle to
me for finishing this Paper. There is no word can explain about how great He is
and how much love He gives to me.
I am also grateful toward my parents, Ayah Johnny Hendro Kuswantoro
and Mama Youke Dandel for all love, pray, patience, and support given to me.
Also Budhe Emi Yanuria Lahaba and Pakdhe Suprayogi that like my second
parents’ thanks for pray and support.
Also I express my gratitude toward Bu Esri as my advisor for the
guidance and advices. Thanks to Bu Debby and Bu Arin for books and advices
that very helpful. Thanks to all my lectures Bu Rindang, Bu Deta, Bu Risty, Pak
Toar and the staffs MbakYanti, Pak Yanto, Mbak Sari in the college who are
very helpful during my study. Besides that, for my fellows in ex-STiBA SW
class of 2010 Mbak Santi, Kak Grace, Yeni, Bang Jay, Bang Tri, Farrah, Ririn,
Mbak Umi, Mas Dony, Mas Andy, Mas Adi, Sari, Vhylla, kak Nolin, kak Netta,
Taplo and class of 2011 and others who cannot be mentioned one by one thanks
for our unforgettable togetherness.
Finally, thanks for my random sister-brotherhoods “The Gazebo Girls”
Mbak Santi, Kak Grace, Yeni, Intan, and Mbak Iva. Then, Niki, Desy, Laras,

Wiwik, Bang Indra, Teh Nabil, A’a Rakka, Abel, Tita, Willy, John Kumar, Kak
Nico, Kak Irla, Tante and Om Henky, Jeanne, Faith, and Ocha.
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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate how male and female use compliment
on “Live! With Kelly and Michael” show. It first explores the most topics of
compliment used by male and female and the second is to explore the
differences between male and female in responding the compliment. The
participants of this study are the hosts of the show, Kelly and Michael, the
celebrity guests (male and female) and the audiences. The data collection uses
qualitative and quantitative approaches with 4 random videos chosen by the
researcher to gather data. The data uses Herbert’s, the categorized of compliment
topics Herbert’s (1998) and compliment responses Herbert’s (1986). The study
finds that both female and male more frequently chose “performance/ skill/
ability” as the topic of compliment. It also shows that female and male have not
many differences in responses the compliment. In addition, the result of this
study shows us that in responses of compliment, both of female and male chose
to agree or accept the compliment by use “appreciation token” sub-type.


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Table of Content

Title Page ..........................................................................................................

i

Approval Page ..................................................................................................

ii

Copyright Statement ........................................................................................ iii
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................. iv
Abstract ...........................................................................................................

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Table of Contents .............................................................................................. vi

List of Tables ……………………………………………………………….... vii

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION .............................................................

1

CHAPTER II

THEORETICAL REVIEW...............................................

4

A. Sociolinguistic, Speech Act, and Compliment ..............

4

B. Topics of Compliment ...................................................


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C. Responses of Compliment .............................................

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CHAPTER III FINDING AND ANALYSIS ............................................ 10
A. Topics of Compliment ................................................... 12
B. Responses of Compliment……………………….......

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CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION .................................................................

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REFERENCES ..............................................................................................

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APPENDIXES ..............................................................................................

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List of Tables

CHAPTER III
Table 3.1.1 Explanation and Extract of the Data…...................................

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Table 3.1.2. Topics of Compliment Based on Gender Differences in “Kelly and
Michael” Show……………………………………………………………

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Table 3.2.1 Explanation and Extract of the Data……………………......


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Table 3.2.2. Response of Compliment Based on Gender Differences in “Kelly
and Michael” Show……………………………………………………….

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