POSITIVE POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY CHARACTERS IN AN ANIMATION MOVIE SCRIPT ENTITLED "FINDING DORY"

Abstract

The title of this research is Positive Politeness Strategies Used by Characters in an animation movie entitled “Finding Dory”. This research is aimed at finding out the types of positive politeness strategies used to extend and respond by the characters to express the utterance in movie script and also what factors that influence the use of positive politeness strategies in the “Finding Dory”movie. The analysis of this study is concerned with the utterance of positive politeness strategies of the characters. The data of this study were collected through conducting direct observation of the movie script “Finding Dory” produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Andrew Stanton (2016). The collected data then were identified, classified, and analyzed qualitatively. The results showed that the characters used intensify interest to H(3), in-group identity markers (4), presuppose/raise/assert common ground (7), assert or presuppose S's knowledge of and concern for H's wants (9), offer, promise (10), be optimistic (11), including both S and H in the activity (12), give (or ask for) reasons (13), assume or assert reciprocity (14). The most prominent factor that influences the characters to extend and respond the positive politeness strategies is the circumstances: sociological variables.