Face-Threatening Act Strategies in Morton Thompson's Novel Entitled "The Cry and The Covenant" - UDiNus Repository

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CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

Conclusion

From the analysis of the data, it can be conciuded that the characters in rton Thompson's novel entitled "The Cry and he covenant" used various e-threatening Acts strategies _{(Brown and Levinson) to convey their intentions.} There were 183 FTA utterances _{found in the novel. They were consisting of 59} Bald-on record utterances, _{57 positive politeness utterances, 35 Negative} Politeness utterances, and 32 Off-record utterances.

There were 59 bald-on record utterances _{found in the novel. The highest} intensity user was Therese, she made 22bald-onrecord _{utterances or 37.3o/o} of ali the bald-on record utterances. She was vastly superior in power to her hearer (her children). so she did the FTA with maximum efficiencv more than she wanted to satisfy the hearer's face. In contrast, one of the lowest intensity users of bard-on record strategies _{was Dr. skoda. Most of his} hearers _{were his friends who also doctor so he never made bald-on record} utterances because this strategy is identically _{with rude orders.}

There were 5T positive politeness _{utterances from 15 strategies. The highest} intensity _{user was rgnzphilipp, he made 22 positive poriteness}

utterances or 36.6% of all the positive politeness _{utterances. He chose positive politeness} in which these strategies attempted to minim ize the threat to the hearer,s positive face. In contrast, one of the lowest intensity users was Mr. Albers

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because _{most of his hearers were his students}

who had low power than him so he should not maintain his hearer,s face.

]) There were 35 negative politeness utterances from ge strategies. _{The highest} intensity user was rgruphilipp, he maden negative poriteness _{Btterances or} 31,4o/o _{of all the negative poriteness utterances.}

He made negative _politeness utterances _{because by this strategies}

his utterances _{lvere more awkward in a} hope that the hearer more likely to do the act because his utterances _showed respect for his ability to maintain the speaker's face. In contrast, _{one of the} lowest intcrisity users was Therese beause most of her hearer _{uas her} children.

I There were 32 ofirecsrd utterances _{from l3e strategies.}

The higlest intensity user was rgnazphiripp, he made 15 oGrecord utteranc es or 46,9yoof _{ail the} off-record utterances. _{He gave his hearer hinls and hop that they interpret} what Ignaz Philipp reaily means to say. In contrast, one of the lowest intensity users was Dr' Krein. He never made off-record utterance because as the director of the hospital he had high power differentiar _{that made him} never rnake utterances _{with least threaten.}

Suggestion

To get more understanding _{in Face-tl'eatening Acts strategies,}

the readers tld be more criticar in studying Literature and pragmatics. _{Besides getting} sure _{on it, they should pay attention to the language}

itserf and should conduct er research, _{especially Face-threatening}

Acts in a more comprehensive _wav. l ; i ! F i

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