Power relation and negative politeness in the irishman movie

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Albab, Muhammad Ulul (2021) Power relation and negative politeness in the irishman movie. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This research investigates the negative politeness strategies performed by Russell Bufalino, Jimmy Hoffa, and Frank Sheeran in The Irishman movie. The researcher uses two theoretical frameworks based on Brown and Levinson’s politeness strategies theory (1987) and five bases of power theory by French and Raven (1968). This research has two research problems that must be answered: (1) How are negative politeness strategies performed by the main characters in The Irishman movie. (2) How is power exercised by the main characters in The Irishman movie. The researcher examines the types of negative politeness strategies before describing the main characters' kind of power. Using the descriptive qualitative method, the researcher reveals the fact in investigating negative politeness strategies performed by the main characters through their utterances. First, identify, classify, analyze the data, and find the prominent strategy used often. The results reveal that the researcher got 8 out of 10 kinds of negative politeness strategies performed by Russell Bufalino, Jimmy Hoffa, Frank Sheeran. This research found 36 times the use of negative politeness strategy. Russell Bufalino used negative politeness strategies 12 times. Jimmy Hoffa used 13 times, and Frank Sheeran used 11 times. The researcher found that strategy 1, being conventionally indirect, is the prominent strategy performed by the characters in The Irishman movie a total of 13 times. Most of the choices of negative politeness strategies used by the main characters are affected by social position level, social distance, and the circumstances that affect the main characters using negative politeness strategies in communication. Besides, the researcher also found power exercised interplays with negative politeness performed by the main characters. Based on the five bases power theory, the findings revealed there are 4 out of 5 power exercised. Legitimate power is the prominent power in the movie. The negative politeness, strategy 2, hedges, is the highest strategy in applying legitimate power with a total of 4 times. The main characters used their power by applying negative politeness to give instruction, transmitting their knowledge, showing closeness, and threatening.