POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE POLITENESS OF REFUSALS IN THREE AMERICAN DRAMA MOVIES

ARIE CHARISMAWATI, Drs. Tofan Dwi Hardjanto, MA.

2014 | Skripsi | SASTRA INGGRIS

Skripsi ini meneliti tentang kesopanan positif dan negatif dalam penolakan pada tiga film drama Amerika. Secara khusus, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi dan mengklasifikasi strategi kesopanan positif dan strategi kesopanan negatif yang digunakan dalam mengekspresikan penolakan di dalam film. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah dialog yang mengandung penolakan yang mengekspresikan penggunaan strategi kesopanan positif dan negatif yang diutarakan oleh Brown and Levinson (1987). Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa terdapat 73 ucapan yang mengandung penolakan, 31 ungkapan (42.5%) ditemukan di film Legally Blonde, 22 ungkapan (30.1%) di film Yes Man dan 20 ungkapan (27.4%) di film He’s Not That Just into You. Dari 73 ungkapan penolakan yang ditemukan, 32 (43.8%) penolakan diekspresikan menggunakan strategi kesopanan positf, sementara itu sisanya sebanyak 41 (56.2%) penolakan diekspresikan menggunakan strategi kesopanan negatif. Di dalam penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa strategi kesopanan positif strategi #13 yaitu give (or ask for) reason dianggap sebagai strategi yang paling umum digunakan oleh penutur di dalam film. Strategi ini digunakan sebanyak 7 kali (21.8%). Sementara itu di dalam strategi kesopanan negatif, strategi #1 be conventionally indirect muncul sebagai strategi yang paling sering digunakan dalam memberikan penolakan dalam film. Strategi ini digunakan sebanyak 18 kali (43.9%).

This research paper attempts to investigate positive and negative politeness of refusal in three American drama movies. In particular, it attempts to identify and classify the positive and negative politeness strategies used to express refusal in the movies. The data used in this research were dialogues containing refusal expressed by the used of positive and negative politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). Based on the data analysis, 73 refusal utterances were found: 31 utterances (42.5%) were found in Legally Blonde, 22 utterances (30.1%) in Yes Man, and 20 utterances (27.4%) in He’s Not That Just into You. From 73 refusals found, out of 32 (43.8%) were expressed using positive politeness strategy, and remaining 41 (56.2%) refusals were expressed using negative politeness strategy. It was found in this research that positive politeness strategy 13 give (or ask for) reason is considered as the most commonly used positive politeness strategy in the movies. This strategy was used 7 times (21.8%). Meanwhile, in negative politeness strategy, strategy 1 be conventionally indirect appears as the most frequently strategy used in giving refusal in the movies. This strategy was used 18 times (43.9%).

Kata Kunci : penolakan, kesopanan, kesopanan positif dan negatiff