COMPLIMENTS AND COMPLIMENT RESPONSES USED BY ENGLISH TEACHER ASSOCIATION Compliments And Compliment Responses Used By English Teacher Association Of Senior High School In Pacitan.

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COMPLIMENTS AND COMPLIMENT RESPONSES

USED BY ENGLISH TEACHER ASSOCIATION

OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN PACITAN

A THESIS

Submitted as a Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the completion of Getting the Postgraduate Degree in Language Study Program

By:

ANDI PUJIAN PURNOMO

S 200 120 080

MAGISTER PROGRAM OF LANGUAGE STUDY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

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Note Advisor I Drs. Agus Wijayanto, M.A. Ph.D

Lecturer of Magister of Language Study Post Graduate Program Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta

Offi ial Note o A di Pujia Pur o o s Thesis

Dear

The Director of Graduate Program of Magister of Language Study Post Graduate Program of Surakarta Muhammadiyah University

Having read, examined, corrected and necessary revised toward the thesis of;

Name : Andi Pujian Purnomo

“tude t s u er : S 200 120 080

Study program : English Language Study Focus on : Pragmatics Study

Tittle : COMPLIMENTS AND COMPLIMENT RESPONSES USED BY ENGLISH TEACHER ASSOCIATION OF SENIOR HIGH

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Note Advisor II Dr. Anam Sutopo

Lecturer of Magister of Language Study Post Graduate Program Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta

Offi ial Note o A di Pujia Pur o o s Thesis

Dear

The Director of Graduate Program of Magister of Language Study Post Graduate Program of Surakarta Muhammadiyah University

Having read, examined, corrected and necessary revised toward the thesis of;

“tude t s u er : S 200 120 080

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Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examniners Master of Language Study

Surakarta Muhammadiyah University On June...2015

The Board Examiners

Position Name Signature

Examiner I ... (...) NIP

Examiner II ... (...) NIP

Examiner III ... (...) NIP

Master of Language Study, Surakarta Muhammadiyah University Graduate School Director,

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PRONOUNCEMENT

I am the researcher of this thesis

“tude t s u er : S 200 120 080

Tittle : COMPLIMENTS AND COMPLIMENT RESPONSES USED BY ENGLISH TEACHER ASSOCIATION OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN PACITAN

I certify that this thesis is definitely my own work and completely responsible for its content. Quotation from other authors has been conducted accordingly.

Surakarta, ...June 2015 Sincerely

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MOTTO

The fundation of human being is his intellect , and a man without intellect has not religion ( Prophet Muhammad ).

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world (Nelson Mandela).

“u ess is ot o ly a out a hie e e t ut it s a respo si ility.

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this thesis to:

My beloved wife, children, father, late mother, sisters, family and whoever

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Alha dulillahiro il ala i ,

Assalaa u alaiku Wr. W

Praises are just for the Almighty God, Allah SWT for the blessing and the guidance. Best regards for our beloved prophet Muhammad SAW for his great instruction and inspiration to my life.

This thesis would have never been finished and completed without any hard work and support of many who had already given precious time energy and patience. I do realize that without any supports from my beloved family and friends I am not able to finish this thesis. Therefore, I would like to extend my sincerely gratitude to the following persons involved in the writing process:

1. Drs. Agus Wijayanto, M.A. Ph.D, whom, without his invaluable guidance, patient assistance, and insightful corrections this thesis could not have become a reality.

2. Dr. Anam Sutopo, who has provided me with profound guidance, intellectual direction, and inimitable suggestions, and corrections, with enthusiasm and academic vigor.

3. The books and newest journals, and important references, which served as the sources for completing this thesis.

4. Last but not least, my family, friends, colleagues, and special volunteer counterpart, who cannot be said one by one, who have supported in the process of finishing this thesis.

In the end of this acknowledgment, the writer realizes that this thesis is still far fro ei g perfe t, as the riter s sloga says No ody is Perfe t . For this reaso , it is ery reaso a le if the riter eeds so e constructive criticism as well as advice from those who really this thesis better improved to broaden the study of Pragmatics.

Wassalaa u alaiku Wr. W .

Surakarta, June,... 2015

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F. Research Paper Organization ... 7

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Previous Study ... 8

B. Underlying Theory ... 14

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2. Speech Act ... 17

3. Speech Act of Compliment ... 28

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD A. Types and Design of Research ... 37

CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION A. Analysis of Data ... 44

1. Compliment Strategies ... 45

2. Complimet Response Strategies ... 72

3. Male and Female Differences in Giving and Responding to Compliment ... 100

B. Research Finding ... 126

1. Compliment Strategies ... 126

2. The Response of Compliment ... 132

3. The Differences Between Male and Female in Giving and Responding to Compliment... 135

C. Discussion of the Findings ... 143

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2. Compliment Response Strategy ... 146

3. Male and Female Differences in Giving and Responding

to Compliment ... 148

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION

A. Conclusion ... 149

B. Suggestion ... 152

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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xii Abbreviation

P A - Personal Appearance P S - Possession

S K - Skill

E E - Equal – Equal E H - Equal – Higher E L - Equal – Lower A T - Appreciation Token

C S A - Comment Single-Acceptance P U - Praise Upgrade

C H - Comment History

R S - Reassignment

R T - Return

S D - Scale Down

Q S - Question

D S - Disagreement Q L - Qualification

N A - No Acknowlegment

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xiii ABSTRACT

This paper deals with pragmatics, the study of pragmatics on giving and responding to the compliments. The research was conducted to find the way respondents employ compliment and its response strategies for topics of appearance, possession and skill or ability in difference status (equal, higher and lower). The focus here is analysis of strategies uttered by English Teacher Association of Senior High School in Pacitan, consisting of 16 male respondents and 9 female respondents by means of DCT (Discourse Completion Task). The corpus used in this analysis is 450, consists of 225 compliments and 225 responses. The study highlights on the use of head acts and supportive moves

based on Trosborg’s theory and Herbert’s taxonomy of compliment responses.

The respondents participating in this research, females used more variation in giving compliment strategies than males. Both males and females mostly apply appreciation token for their compliment response strategies. The findings presented here should not be generalized and comparisons with results based on different types of data, situation and respondents will lead to a better understanding.