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AN ANALYSIS OF INSTRUCTION UTTERANCES AND
RESPONSES IN THE MOVIE
THE KING’S SPEECH
(A Pragmatics Study)
THESIS
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirement for the Sarjana Sastra Degree of the English Department
Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts Sebelas Maret University
By:
YULIANA INDRIATI
C0306058
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND FINE ARTS
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
SURAKARTA
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MOTTO
Rejoice always,
Pray without ceasing,
In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
for you.
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DEDICATION
This thesis is dedicated to:
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to give all praises and great gratitude to The Lord Jesus Christ
My Savior for the blessings, guidance, and help in finishing this thesis. It was a
very long journey till finally this thesis could be completed. I also would like to
deliver my appreciation and thanks to people who have given valuable
contribution and supported me to finish this thesis.
1. The Dean of Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed.,
Ph.D, for approving this thesis.
2. The Head of English Department, Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A., Ph.D,
for giving chance and permission to write this thesis.
3. Drs. Budi Waskito, M.Pd., as my thesis supervisor, thank you very much
for the guidance, patience, and support to finish this thesis.
4. The board of examiners: Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A., Ph.D, Drs. Budi
Waskito, M.Pd, Dr. Sri Marmanto, M.Hum., and Athiyah Salwa, S.S.,
M.Hum., for the valuable comments and suggestions on my thesis.
5. My beloved mother, thank you so much for your love, prayer, and support
especially for being patient enough to let me finish this thesis.
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know both of you care enough and pray for me wherever you are.
9. Rena, one of my best friends, thanks a lot for the encouragement, prayer,
and continuous support you’ve given to me in finishing this thesis. It’s
such a blessing for me.
10.Dedek, Bowo, Iyum, Bimo, and Astri, thanks for supporting each other in
finishing this thesis till the end.
11.All my friends of English Department, thanks for the friendship and the
support for the years.
12.All people who have helped and supported me in completing this thesis.
Thank you very much!
Surakarta. 15 April 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ……… i
APPROVAL BY THESIS CONSULTANT ……… ii
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liteness Strategy ……… 19
F. Th
e Factors Influencing the Choice of Strategy ……… 31
G. Re
sponse to Instruction ………. 34
H. Re
chnique of Collecting Data ……… 41
D. Te
chnique of Coding Data ………. 42
E. Te
chnique of Analyzing Data ……… 43
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A. Int
roduction ……… 44
B. Da
ta Analysis ………. 45
C. Di
scussion ……….. 117
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Co
nclusion ………. 142
B. Su
ggestion ………. 146
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 4.1. The speakers’ strategies andthe number of data ………. 119
Table 4.2. The hearers’ strategies to respond instruction………. 121
Table 4.3. The factors influencing the choice of strategy to instruct ………... 125
Table 4.4. The factors influencing the choice of strategy to respond....……... 134
Table 5.1. The politeness strategies employed in the utterances of delivering
and responding the instruction………... 144
Table 5.2. The factors influencing the choice of the strategy to instruct …… 145
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ABSTRACT
Yuliana Indriati. C0306058. An Analysis of Instruction Utterances and Responses in
the Movie The King’s Speech. Thesis: English Department of Faculty of Letter and Fine
Arts. Sebelas Maret University.
The research is conducted to analyze the instruction utterances found in the movie The King’s Speech based on the politeness strategy. It explores the politeness strategy to deliver the instruction, the politeness strategy to respond the instruction, and the factors influencing the choice of the strategy.
The research uses pragmatics study to analyze the speech act of instruction. It also employs the descriptive qualitative research. All of the instruction utterances in the
movie The King’s Speech are taken as the data. There are 46 data which have been
analyzed by Brown and Levinson theory of Politeness strategy.
The findings of the analysis are as follows: First, the characters in the movie The King’s Speech employ four politeness strategies to deliver the instructions. They are bald on record, positive politeness, negative politeness, and off record strategy.
Second, the characters in the movie The king’s Speech respond the instructions in
verbal and non-verbal form. They apply four politeness strategies to give verbal responses to the instructions. They are positive politeness, bald on record, off record, and negative politeness strategy. Meanwhile, the characters respond the instructions by doing act in the non-verbal responses.
Third, there are several factors influencing the speakers to choose the strategy. To deliver the instruction, the use of bald on record strategy is influenced by the expert power, the legitimate power, and the close relationship between participants. Then, the use of positive politeness strategy is influenced by the factor of competing goals. The speakers having social distance with the hearers and a big rank of imposition tend to use negative politeness strategy. Last, off record strategy is used when the speaker finds that the size of imposition is greater than that afforded by the negative politeness strategy. To respond the instructions, the use of politeness strategy is influenced by the factor of competing goals. Bald on record strategy is influenced by the close relationship between participants and the legitimate power. The hearers use off record strategy to increase the force of the message while they respond the instruction. Then, negative politeness strategy is influenced by the factor of social distance.
The research is expected to be beneficial for the readers in studying the politeness strategy of instruction. It is also suggested that other researchers conduct other studies about instruction done by less power participant to superior one in order to know more
