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THE ANALYSIS OF COMPLIMENT EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR RESPONSE IN THE FILM ENTITLED BRIDESMAIDS:
A PRAGMATICS APPROACH
THESIS
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirement for the Sarjana Degree in English Department Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts Sebelas Maret University
By:
YOSSY ERVIANA C0309069
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND FINE ARTS SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
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MOTTO
Allahumma yasir walaa tu’assir. Allahuma laa sahla
illa maa ja’altahu sahlan wa anta taj’alul hazna idzaa
syi’ta sahlaa
“Ya Allah mudahkanlah jangan persukar. Ya Allah tiada yang mudah selain
yang Kau mudahkan dan Engkau jadikan kesusahan itu mudah jika Engkau
menghendakinya menjadi mudah”
“
Man Jadda Wajada”
Siapa yang bersungguh-sungguh akan berhasil
“Man Shobaru Zhafira”
Siapa yang bersabar akan beruntung
“Man Yazro’ Yahsud”
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DEDICATION
Respectfully, I dedicate
this thesis to…..
My Dad
My Mom
My little brother
My beloved Granny in heaven
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blessing I will never be able to do everything. I do realize that this thesis cannot
be finished without contributions and supports from other individuals and
institutions. Therefore, I would like to give my deepest appreciation for:
1. Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed., Ph.D., the Dean of Faculty Letters and Fine Arts,
for giving approval for this thesis and also giving a guidance for my first step.
2. Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A. Ph.D., the Head of English Department, for
supporting the fulfillment of this thesis.
3. Drs. Budi Waskito, M.Pd., my thesis supervisor. My greatest thanks to Mr.
Budi for making time for me and guiding me patiently to finish this thesis.
4. Yusuf Kurniawan, S.S, M.A., my academic supervisor. My gratitude for all
advices and guidance given to me during my study in Sebelas Maret
University.
5. All of Lecturers in English Department, for giving me knowledge, support,
advice, encouragement and guidance during the process of studying.
Especially for Prof. Dr. Djatmika, M.A., thanks for giving me a clear
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6. My Dad, my Mom and my little brother, thanks for the praying, motivations,
advices and supports given to me all the time.
7. Wildan Rifai, my best friend, brother and lover. Thanks for standing beside
me in every condition. Thanks for always making me smile and be positive.
8. Adinda Putri, Anindyarta Adi, Raisa Nanda, Arifin Sudi, Novi Ayu, Okta
Kusuma, and Tetri Nur thanks for becoming my best friends all the years, and
for the supports.
9. Alifa Hanifati Irlinda, thanks for being my prove reader. Special thanks also
goes to Deliana Praditha Sari, for helping my thesis writing construction.
Thanks for your supports and advices you both given to me.
10.All of my ED ’09 friends, especially Retno, Risky, Wening, Wiwin, and Rika
thanks for the experiences pals. I learn a lot from it. Time went by so fast!
11.For every single person who helps me and contributes in conducting my
thesis, I do apologize that I cannot mention one by one because of the
limitation of space and time.
I do realize that there are some imperfections in this thesis. Therefore, any
suggestion and criticism from the readers are expected to make a better
construction.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ... i
APPROVAL OF THE CONSULTANT ...ii
APPROVAL OF THE BOARD EXAMINER ... iii
PRONOUNCEMENT ... iv A. Research Background ... 1
B. Problem Statements ... 5
C. Research Limitation ... 6
D. Research Objectives ... 6
E. Research Benefit ... 7
F. Research Methodology ... 8
G. Thesis Organization ... 9
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B. Speech Act ... 11
C. Direct and Indirect Speech Acts ... 14
C.1 Direct Speech Act... 15
C.2 Indirect Speech Act ... 15
D. Compliment... 17
D.1 Definition of Compliment ... 17
D.2 Types of Topics of Compliment ... 18
D.3 The Functions of Compliment ... 20
D.4 Compliment Response Strategies... 23
E. Summary of Film ... 27
F. Review Related Study ... 29
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Research Design... 32
B. Research Location ... 33
C. Data and Source of Data ... 33
D. Sampling and Data Collecting ... 34
E. Data Validity ... 35
F. Technique of Collecting Data ... 35
G. Technique of Coding Data ... 36
H. Technique of Analyzing Data ... 38
H.1 Domain Analysis ... 38
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H.3 Componential Analysis ... 39
H.4 Finding Cultural Values ... 40
CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION A. Introduction to Data Analysis ... 42
B. Data Classification and Data Analysis ... 43
C. Discussion ... 85
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS A. Conclusions ... 99
B. Suggestions ... 105
BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1 Types of topics of compliment and the use in the film ... 39
Table 4.1 The Types of topics of compliment ... 86
Table 4.2 Percentage of types of topics of compliment ... 87
Table 4.3 The functions of compliment ... 89
Table 4.4 The responses of compliment ... 92
Table 4.5 Appreciation token, verbal and nonverbal responses ... 94
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This research is intended to analyze the use of compliment expressions in the film entitled Bridesmaids using Wolfson’s classification on types of topics of
compliments, Wolfson’s classification of compliment functions, the summary of functions of compliment by Noriko Ishihara, and Herbert’s theory of
compliment’s responses. The objectives of the research are: 1. To find out the types of compliment’s topics employed by the characters in the film entitled
Bridesmaids. 2. To find out the functions of each type of compliment’s topics in
the film entitled Bridesmaids. 3. To explain the compliment’s responses applied
by the addressees in the film entitled Bridesmaids.
The approach employed in the research is Pragmatics. The descriptive qualitative research and a total sampling technique are used in this research. The source of the data in this research is an American film entitled Bridesmaids. The
data are the direct (face to face communication) compliment expressions and their response. The researcher takes all the dialogs containing direct compliments and their response expressed by the characters in the film Bridesmaids found in
the data as the samples of the research.
The results of the research are as follows. First, the characters of
Bridesmaidsemployed all the types of topics of compliment based on Wolfson’s
classification (personal appearance, possession, general ability and specific act ability). Second, all the compliments (personal appearance, possession, general ability and specific act ability) have many functions suitable with one of six
Noriko Ishihara’s summary of the functions of compliment (to express
admiration or approval of someone‘s work/appearance/taste), and all of
Wolfson’s classification of the compliment functions. Third, the researcher uses
Herbert’s classification of compliment responses to analyze the response of
compliment employed by the character in the film entitled Bridesmaids. The compliment responses in the data use nine of twelve Herbert’s theory of
compliment responses (except reassignment, request interpretation and qualification).
