Politeness Strategies of Request and the Impact of Power and Social Distance in the TV Series Grey's Anatomy Season 2

VIANNISA AKIRA K, Dra. Sharifah Hanidar, M.Ed.

2022 | Skripsi | S1 SASTRA INGGRIS

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi penggunaan strategi kesopanan dalam meminta dan pengaruh kekuasaan dan perbedaan sosial dalam serial TV Grey's Anatomy Season 2. Permintaan diklasifikasikan berdasarkan strategi permintaan yang diajukan oleh Blum-Kulka & Olshtain (1984). Sedangkan strategi kesopanan dan variabel sosial diklasifikasikan berdasarkan strategi kesopanan yang dikemukakan oleh Brown dan Levinson (1987). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada 274 permintaan yang ditemukan dalam serial TV. Hasil dari strategi permintaan menunjukkan bahwa dari 274 permintaan, 201 kemunculan (73,36%) merupakan strategi permintaan langsung, 51 kemunculan (18,61%) dari strategi permintaan tidak langsung konvensional, dan 22 kemunculan (8,03%) dari strategi permintaan tidak langsung. strategi permintaan tidak langsung konvensional. Sedangkan untuk strategi kesopanan diperoleh hasil bahwa dari 274 permintaan, 132 kemunculan (48,18%) merupakan strategi bald on-record, 25 kemunculan (9,12%) merupakan strategi kesopanan positif, 108 kemunculan (39,42%) adalah strategi kesopanan negatif, dan 9 kemunculan (3,28%) adalah strategi kesopanan off-record. Untuk variabel kekuasaan dan jarak sosial, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kekuasaan memiliki pengaruh yang cukup besar terhadap strategi kesopanan permintaan. Dari hasil tersebut, terlihat bahwa karakter Grey's Anatomy Season 2 cenderung berbicara kepada lawan bicaranya tergantung pada kekuasaan yang mereka miliki di antara mereka. Sedangkan untuk jarak sosial, penutur cenderung mengabaikan perbedaan kekuasaan yang ada di antara mereka. Keakraban antara pembicara dan lawan bicara mempengaruhi mereka untuk menggunakan strategi langsung meskipun ada perbedaan kekuatan.

This research aims to explore the use of politeness strategies of request and the impact of power and social distance in the TV Series Grey's Anatomy Season 2. The requests were classified based on request strategies proposed by Blum-Kulka & Olshtain (1984). Meanwhile, the politeness strategies and the social variables were classified based on politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). The result showed that there are 274 requests that are found in the TV series. The outcome from request strategies showed that from 274 requests, 201 occurrences (73.36%) were direct request strategies, 51 occurrences (18.61%) of conventionally indirect request strategies, and 22 occurrences (8.03%) of non-conventionally indirect request strategies. As for the politeness strategies, the result showed that from 274 requests, 132 occurrences (48.18%) were bald on-record strategies, 25 occurrences (9.12%) were positive politeness strategies, 108 occurrences (39.42%) were negative politeness strategies, and 9 occurrences (3.28%) were off-record politeness strategies. In terms of the social variables of power and social distance, the result showed that power has considerable impacts on politeness strategies of request. The result shows that the characters of Grey's Anatomy Season 2 tended to speak to their interlocutors depending on the power that they have between them. Meanwhile, as for the social distance, the speakers tend to ignore the differences of power that exist between them. The familiarity between the speakers and interlocutors influence them to use direct strategies despite the differences of power.

Kata Kunci : strategi permintaan, strategi kesopanan, kekuasaan, perbedaan sosial, Grey's Anatomy Season 2 / request strategies, politeness strategies, power, social distance, Grey's Anatomy Season 2