Positive politeness strategy in the setting 19th Century society and 21st Century society a comparative study in two films: Greatest Showman and Chappie

Hartoyo, Vera Kavita (2019) Positive politeness strategy in the setting 19th Century society and 21st Century society a comparative study in two films: Greatest Showman and Chappie. Diploma thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.

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Abstract

The research is a pragmatic study on positive politeness strategies employed by the main characters in “ Greatest Showman” and “Chappie” films in the context of differences certain the century society. The researcher uses Brown and Levinson’s theory of positive politeness theory. Politeness is the way of self strategies in communication to others, in order to received their meanings well. The objectives of this research are to find out the types of positive politeness strategies by main character in the setting 19th Century society (Greatest Showman film) and 21st Century setting society (Chappie film) and to find out factors affecting main character to choice that strategies. The researcher used a qualitative method since the data engaged are displayed in the form of strings of words. In data collecting procedure, the researcher selecting and watching the films, collects the utterances which said by main character, furthermore identifies the conversation which are showing positive politeness strategies. The results show that Phineas in “Greatest Showman” film produced the highest number in employing positive politeness strategies, there are 34 data and 52 strategies, that can be concluded in 19th century society, generally showed social class, kept family relation well, and respected for abnormal people. Different with Deon in “Chappie” film which produced 17 data and 23 strategies, that can be concluded in 21st century society, people concern with technology development, a lot of gangster who do the crime, and people communicate only in certain interests. Therefore, they employed less of positive politeness strategies than in 19th century society.

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