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THE POLITENESS STRATEGY OF DIRECTIVE
UTTERANCES USED BY THE STUDENTS
IN SAHID TOURISM INSTITUTE OF SURAKARTA:
A PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English
by:
ITA AULIYA YUSITASARI A320 120 090
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
iv NIP. 196550428 199303
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MOTTO
Learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it. (The Researcher)
So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers.
(QS. Ali Imran: 139)
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the
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DEDICATION
This humble work is especially dedicated to:
My beloved father, Karmin.
My beloved mother, Jumini.
My lovely brothers Ananda Riski Nugraha.
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ACKNOWLEDMENT
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
In the name of God Most Gracious, Most Merciful Peace and God Blessing on you all.
Alhamdullilahirabilalamin, glory to God Most Highest, Full of Grace and Mercy, the Sustainer of the world that because of His blessing and guidance, the researcher is finally able to finish her research paper. Praise is also given to the great messenger, peace be upon Him, glory person who gives His blessing to her masses in the next day.
In accomplishing this research paper, the researcher gets much help and guidance from others. Therefore, she would like to express her greatest gratitude to the following people;
1. Prof. Dr. Harun Joko Prayitno, the Dean of school of teacher training and education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, for approving this research paper,
2. Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph. D, as the head of English Department, who has permitted her to write this research paper,
3. Dra. Siti Zuhryiah Aryatmi, M. Hum as the first consultant, the inspiring lecturer who makes the researcher interested in pragmatics in teaching, and who already guided and advised patiently in correcting this research paper. More than millions of thanks and deeply sorry from the researcher’s heart for her,
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5. All lecturers in English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta who have given her knowledge, support and experience, thanks for the useful knowledge and the wisdom,
6. Sahid Tourism Institute of Surakarta, for permitting her to collect the data in there,
7. Hersuper beloved father, Karmin and her beloved and perfect mother Jumini, thanks a lot for affection which never ending, praying, loving, motivating and supporting me,
8. Her beloved brothers Ananda Riski Nugroho thank a lot for supporting, motivating me,
9. Her adored grandfather, Sopawiro, who always gives her motivation and suggestion for always grateful in life.
10.Her cherished boyfriend, Agung Setyo Purwanto, S.E who gives motivation, support, and pray in her life,
11.Her beloved partners in doing this paper together Kharisma, Nova, and Arif thank you so much for helping her, amazing regards for all the memory, 12.Her precious ‘Beauty Boarding House’ friends, Ulya, Chrismeina, Umi
Nurtyas, Astria, Febrika, Umi Sholihah, Jehan, Rika, Ulin, who always gives pleasure, unity in the happiness or sadness, supporting her, amazing regards for all the memory they have given.
13.Her dearest friends, Kharisma, Azizah, Latifah, Annisa, who always gives pleasure, unity in the happiness or sadness, supporting her. There are no words capable of expressing her happiness to have met you in life,
14.Her beloved Senior High School friend, Nofera Ayu, many thanks for the friendship that we have so far,
15.Her meaningful friends of ‘Teater Sokle’,Mbak Lina, Mas Rudy, Mas Irawan, Tanti, Digta, Pucu, Intan, Awang, Adi, and others who always giver her motivation,
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motivation, knowledge, fun and challenge experience that never be forgotten ever after.
17.All of the researcher’s friends in English Department 2012 Academic Year. Thanks for this warm and meaningful friendship,
18.All of her families, friends and teachers that cannot be mentioned one by one, who give support her a lot,
19.Last but not least, those who cannot be mentioned one by one, who have supported her to finish writing the research paper and also to start her future.
The researcher realizes that this research paper is still far from being perfect, so the researcher welcomes any constructive comment, criticism, and suggestion from anyone. Finally, she hopes that this research paper would help the other researchers who are interested in studying pragmatics and enrich for the readers knowledge.
Waalamualaaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
Surakarta, February 10, 2017 Researcher
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F. Research Paper Organization ... 3
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A.3.2. Imperative Sentence ... 8
A.3.3. Interrogative Sentence ... 8
A.3.4. Exclamatory Sentence ... 8
C.2. Politeness Strategies ... 12
C.2.1. Independent Socio-Cultural Variable of FTA ... 12
C.2.2. Brown and Levinson Politeness Strategies ... 13
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CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDING 30 A. Finding ... 30
1. The linguistic types used by the second semester students of Sahid Tourism Institute of Surakarta 2015/ 2016 academic year ... 30
2. Politeness Strategy used by students of Sahid Tourism Institute of Surakarta2015/2016 academic year in expressing directive utterances ... 56
B. Discussion of the findings ... 81
1. Research Question 1: What are the linguistic types of directive utterance used by the second semester students of Sahid Tourism Institute of Surakarta 2015/2016 academic year? ... 81
2. Research Question 2: What are the politeness strategies used by the second semester students of Sahid Tourism Institute of Surakarta 2015/2016 academic year in expressing Directive utterances? ... 82
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 84
A. Conclusion ... 84
B. Pedagogical Implication ... 86
C. Suggestion ... 86
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 88
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LIST OF TABLE
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LIST OF CHART
Chart 1.1 Percentages of Linguistic TypesClose - Higher (DCT 1) ... 32
Chart 1.2 Percentage of Linguistic TypesClose - Higher (DCT 2) ... 35
Chart 1.3 Percentage of Linguistic TypesClose - equal (DCT 3) ... 38
Chart 1.4 Percentage of Linguistic TypesFamiliar Lower (DCT 4) ... 41
Chart 1.5 Percentage of Linguistic Types Familiar - Higher (DCT 5) ... 44
Chart 1.6 Percentage of Linguistic Types Familiar - Equal (DCT 6) ... 47
Chart 1.7 Percentage of Linguistic Types Unfamiliar - Lower (DCT 7) ... 49
Chart 1.8 Percentage of Linguistic Types Unfamiliar - Higher (DCT 8) ... 52
Chart 1.9 Percentage of Linguistic TypesUnfamiliar - Equal (DCT 9) ... 55
Chart 2.1 percentage of Politeness StrategyClose - Lower (DCT 1) ... 58
Chart 2.2 Percentage of Politeness StrategyClose - Lower (DCT 2) ... 61
Chart 2.3 Percentage of Politeness StrategyClose - Equal (DCT 3) ... 64
Chart 2.4 Percentage of Politeness StrategyFamiliar - Lower (DCT 4) ... 66
Chart 2.5 Percentage of Politeness StrategyFamiliar - Higher (DCT 5) ... 69
Chart 2.6 Percentage of Politeness StrategyFamiliar - Equal (DCT 6)... 72
Chart 2.7 Percentage of Politeness StrategyUnfamiliar - Lower (DCT 7) .... 75
Chart 2.8 Percentage of Politeness StrategyUnfamilar - Lower (DCT 8)... 77
Chart 2.9 Percentage of Politeness StrategyUnfamiliar - Equal (DCT 9)... 80
Chart 3.1 The Percentage of Appropriateness of Linguistic Types ... 84
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ABSTRAK
Ita Auliya Yusitasari. A 320 120 090. BENTUK STRATEGI SOPAN SANTUN
PADA UCAPAN PETUNJUK DIGUNAKAN OLEH mahasiswa di UNIVERSITAS SAHID SURAKARTA: A PERSPEKTIF PRAGMATIK.
Skripsi. Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis kalimat dan strategi kesopanan yang digunakan oleh mahasiswa semester II di Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata Sahid Surakarta. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif, yang meliputi lima belas siswa di semester kedua di Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata Sahid Surakarta. Pengambilan data menggunakan Discourse Completing Task (DCT). Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan teori sentence types oleh Marcela Frank, dan politeness strategy oleh Brown dan Levinson. Berdasarkan analisis tanggapan tertulis siswa terhadap DCT, studi ini menemukan bahwa siswa mampu menghasilkan 3 jenis kalimat: deklaratif, imperatif, dan kalimat interogatif. Namun, penelitian ini juga menemukan sebagian kecil siswa yang menulis respon yang tidak dapat diklasifikasikan ke dalam jenis kalimat. Dalam hal strategi kesopanan, hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan siswa mampu menghasilkan 3 jenis strategi kesantunan: bald on record, positive politeness, dan negative politeness.Menariknya, penelitian ini juga menemukan sebagian kecil siswa yang menulis respon yang tidak dapat diklasifikasikan ke dalam strategi kesantunan apapun.
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ABSTRACT
Ita Auliya Yusitasari. A 320 120 090. THE POLITENESS STRATEGY OF
DIRECTIVE UTTERANCES USED BY THE STUDENTS IN SAHID TOURISM INSTITUTE OF SURAKARTA:A PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE. Research Paper. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
The current study is aimed to investigate the linguistic type and politeness strategy used by the second semester students of Sahid Tourism Institute of Surakarta. The study used descriptive qualitative research, which include fifteen students in second semester at Sahid Tourism Institute of Surakarta. The data are collected by using Discourse Completing Task (DCT). The data are analyzed by using the theory of liguistic types by Marcela Frank, and politeness strategy by Brown and Levinson. Based on the analysis of written responses to DCT, the study found that the students were able to produce 3 types of linguistic: declaratives, imperatives, and interrogatives. However, this study also found small percentage of students who wrote inappropriate response that cannot be classified into any linguistic types. In terms of politeness strategy, the result of this study indicated the students were able to produce 3 types of politeness strategy: bald on record, positive politeness, and negative politeness. Interestingly, this study also found small percentage of students who wrote inappropriate response that cannot be classified into any politeness strategy.
