Politeness Strategies Used in the Conversation between the Students of Finance and Banking Department in Murni Sadar Polytehnic Pematangsiantar

Abstract

This research attempted to find out the types of politeness strategies and identifying the most dominant type of politeness strategy used by students in conversation with their friends. In this study the researcher analyzed the portrayed of utterances of the politeness strategies toward four politeness strategies, namely bald on record strategy, positive politeness strategy, negative politeness strategy and off record strategy. Moreover the researcher uses descriptive qualitative method by collecting the selected dialog which was used in politeness strategies. After collecting the data, the researcher analyzed each dialog based on descriptive analysis technique which was supported by Brown and Levinson’s Theory of politeness. After analyzing this conversation, the
researcher found that the students used politeness strategies among other things: Bald on Record, Positive Politeness, Negative Politeness and Off Record. Bald on Record Strategy included imperative and clear explanation in urgent condition. Positive Politeness is noticing, attending to the hearer and Exaggerating (interest, approval, sympathy). Negative politeness is minimizing the imposition. While Off Record is giving hints to the Hearer. The researcher also found the most dominant types used by students in conversation with friends namely Positive Politeness and Negative Politeness. This study could lead other researcher to conduct research of politeness strategy in other conversation of students. It also could lead the lecturers and the students to make a good interaction by applying the politeness strategy in the classroom so that they can maintain a good communication one another.