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POLITENESS STRATEGIES EMPLOYED
BY POPULAR-ISSUE BASED TALK SHOW HOST
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
112010106
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2015
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POLITENESS STRATEGIES EMPLOYED
BY POPULAR-ISSUE BASED TALK SHOW HOST
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
112010106
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2015
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POLITENESS STRATEGIES EMPLOYED
BY POPULAR-ISSUE BASED TALK SHOW HOST
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
EMMANUEL RONALD PW
11201016
Approved by:
Supervisor
Christian Rudianto, M.Appling.
Examiner
Dr. Elisabet Titik Murtisari, M.TransStud.
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PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community, I
verify that:
Name:
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
Student ID Number: 112010106
Study Program:
English Language Education Program
Faculty:
Faculty of Language and Literature
of Work:
Undergraduate Thesis
Kind
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free right
for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
Politeness Strategies Employed by Popular-Issue Based Talk Show Host
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce, print,
publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database, transmit,
broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my express written
permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
Date
: Salatiga
: 10-01-2016
Verified by signee,
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Christian Rudianto, M.Appling.
Dr. Elisabet Titik Murtisari, M.
iv
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis 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@ 2015. Emmanuel Ronald P.W. and Christian Rudianto, M.Appling.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Language Education Program,
Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
v
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Previous Studies on Politeness Strategies ............................................................................. 4
Politeness .............................................................................................................................. 6
Face Threatening Acts (FTA) ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Politeness Strategies.............................................................................................................. 8
Popular Issue-Based Talk Show ........................................................................................... 9
THE STUDY ..................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Significant of the Study .........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.2
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ......................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.2
Bald on Record .....................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.3
Positive Politeness ................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.6
Negative Politeness ............................................................................................................. 18
CONCLUSION.............................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.0
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Politeness Strategies Employed by Popular-Issue Based Talk Show Host
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
ABSTRACT
In a conversation between a speaker and a hearer, there is an act called as Face Threatening Act
(FTA), which may be potential to cause awkwardness and embarrassment of a person. In a talk
show, where the whole scene was dominated by conversation between the host and the guest,
FTAs might occur. However, there were strategies which can be used to mitigate face threats
carried by certain FTAs in a conversation known as Politeness Strategy. This study was
conducted to investigate the issue of how politeness strategy is employed by a host to mitigate
the FTAs in an Indonesian popular-issue based talk show, ‘Hitam Putih’. In order to do that,
three transcriptions of three different sections of the talk show were analyzed. The analysis was
done based on the theory of Politeness Strategy proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). The
results of this study revealed that the host used three politeness strategies in both sections. They
are Bald on Record, Positive Politeness, and Negative Politeness. Bald on record was likely used
by the host in order to have unexpected answer from the quest to keep the talk show interesting.
Some positive politeness are also used by the host to make the question smoother and avoiding
rude words, on the other hand the host also used some of negative politeness in order to respect
the guests.
Keywords: Politeness Strategy, FTA, Popular-Issue Based Talk Show.
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BY POPULAR-ISSUE BASED TALK SHOW HOST
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
112010106
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2015
i
POLITENESS STRATEGIES EMPLOYED
BY POPULAR-ISSUE BASED TALK SHOW HOST
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
112010106
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2015
ii
POLITENESS STRATEGIES EMPLOYED
BY POPULAR-ISSUE BASED TALK SHOW HOST
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
EMMANUEL RONALD PW
11201016
Approved by:
Supervisor
Christian Rudianto, M.Appling.
Examiner
Dr. Elisabet Titik Murtisari, M.TransStud.
iii
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community, I
verify that:
Name:
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
Student ID Number: 112010106
Study Program:
English Language Education Program
Faculty:
Faculty of Language and Literature
of Work:
Undergraduate Thesis
Kind
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free right
for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
Politeness Strategies Employed by Popular-Issue Based Talk Show Host
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce, print,
publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database, transmit,
broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my express written
permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
Date
: Salatiga
: 10-01-2016
Verified by signee,
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Christian Rudianto, M.Appling.
Dr. Elisabet Titik Murtisari, M.
iv
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis 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@ 2015. Emmanuel Ronald P.W. and Christian Rudianto, M.Appling.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Language Education Program,
Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
v
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION .................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT .............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
ABSTRACT....................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Previous Studies on Politeness Strategies ............................................................................. 4
Politeness .............................................................................................................................. 6
Face Threatening Acts (FTA) ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Politeness Strategies.............................................................................................................. 8
Popular Issue-Based Talk Show ........................................................................................... 9
THE STUDY ..................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Research Question ..................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Context of the Study .............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.0
Participant ...............................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Method of Research ..............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.1
Data Collection and Analysis ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.1
Significant of the Study .........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.2
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ......................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.2
Bald on Record .....................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.3
Positive Politeness ................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.6
Negative Politeness ............................................................................................................. 18
CONCLUSION.............................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.0
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.3
REFERENCES ..............................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.4
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Politeness Strategies Employed by Popular-Issue Based Talk Show Host
Emmanuel Ronald P.W.
ABSTRACT
In a conversation between a speaker and a hearer, there is an act called as Face Threatening Act
(FTA), which may be potential to cause awkwardness and embarrassment of a person. In a talk
show, where the whole scene was dominated by conversation between the host and the guest,
FTAs might occur. However, there were strategies which can be used to mitigate face threats
carried by certain FTAs in a conversation known as Politeness Strategy. This study was
conducted to investigate the issue of how politeness strategy is employed by a host to mitigate
the FTAs in an Indonesian popular-issue based talk show, ‘Hitam Putih’. In order to do that,
three transcriptions of three different sections of the talk show were analyzed. The analysis was
done based on the theory of Politeness Strategy proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). The
results of this study revealed that the host used three politeness strategies in both sections. They
are Bald on Record, Positive Politeness, and Negative Politeness. Bald on record was likely used
by the host in order to have unexpected answer from the quest to keep the talk show interesting.
Some positive politeness are also used by the host to make the question smoother and avoiding
rude words, on the other hand the host also used some of negative politeness in order to respect
the guests.
Keywords: Politeness Strategy, FTA, Popular-Issue Based Talk Show.
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