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TABLE OF CONTENT
PAGE OF TITLE
COVER PAGE ……………………………………………………………………… i
APPROVAL PAGE ………………………………………………………………… ii
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION………………...……....……… iii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT ……………………………………...........................iv
TABLE OF CONTENT …………………………………………………………….. v
LIST OF TABLES …………………………………………………………………. vi

LIST OF FIGURES ………………………………………………………………… vii
ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………... 1
INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………….. 1
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ………………...………………………….…….. 4
CONTEXT OF THE STUDY ……………………………………………………… 11
PARTICIPANTS ....................................................................................................... 12
INSTRUMENTS OF DATA COLLECTION …………………………..…………. 14
PROCEDURE OF DATA COLLECTION ………………………………………... 14
DATA ANALYSIS ………………………………………………………………… 14
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ……………...…………………………………….18
CONCLUSION …………………………………………………………………….. 19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ………………………………………………………….. 21
REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………………... 22
APPENDIX ………………………………………………………………………… 23

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Description of Setting, Context, and Social Relationship. …………………… 13
Table 2: Thanking Strategies by Female Respondents. ………………………………... 15

Table 3: Thanking Strategies by Male Respondents. …………………………………... 17

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Social Distance Scale ……………………………………………………… 6
Figure 1: Status Scale Relationship ………………………………………………….. 7
Figure 3: Neutral and Reinforcing Strategies ……………………………………..… 9
Figure 4: Thanking Strategies ………………………………………………………. 10

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Acknowledgement

First of all, I would like to thank Jesus Christ who always gives me the blessing and the
guidance for the process of finishing my thesis. I would like to express my sincerest
gratitude toward my parents, families, and friends who always give support and attention.
I would like to thank Victoria Usadya P. M.A., ELT as the dean of English Department as
my major-sponsor, Maria Christina Eko Setyarini, M. Hum. as my supervisor and
Christian Rudianto M.Appling as my second reader who both has sincerely guided me

and given me support and advices in finishing my thesis and all the lecturers of English
Department in Satya Wacana Christian University who have helped and supported my
study in English Department. Last but not least, I want to say thank you to all of the
respondents who helped me fill my questionnaire.

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THANKING STRATEGIES USED BY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY
HANAFIE LUNGINDO
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ABSTRACT
This thesis focus is on social factors that influence what someone says or expresses his or
her gratitude. From these factors, I am interested to know what types of thanking
strategies which Satya Wacana Christian University students as the speakers choose to
express the thanking strategies when they receive the act of kindness such as; receiving a
favor, getting a compliment and getting a suggestion from others. The data of this study
are taken from the questionnaire distributed to sixty respondents which consist of twenty
students from 2nd semester, twenty students from 4th semester, and twenty students from
6th semester students of the English Department Faculty in Satya Wacana Christian

University. The data are analyzed based on the strategies of thanking proposed by
Haverkate (1984). From the data analysis, I find out that strategy A which is thanking
somebody explicitly is the mostly used strategy by the students. The other two strategies
mostly used by the students are strategy G which is expressing emotion and strategy D
which is expressing appreciation of the act. I also recognize both of male and female
rarely use strategy E which is acknowledging a debt of gratitude and strategy B which is
expressing gratitude.
Key words: thanking, social factors, strategy

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