Politeness strategies reflected in Harry Potter and the cursed child script play

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Adhi, Adelia Surya (2022) Politeness strategies reflected in Harry Potter and the cursed child script play. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze politeness strategies being used by Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy to maintain their friendship. There are two research problems to be solved in this study, which are: (1) what are the types of politeness strategies used by Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy in Harry Potter and The Cursed Child script play?; (2) What are the factors influencing their politeness choices to maintain friendship between Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy? This study used a descriptive qualitative approach where the researcher applied a clear description of the data being studied. After the researcher collected the data from Harry Potter and The Cursed Child script play, the researcher analyzed the politeness strategies being used by Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy to maintain their friendship. Furthermore, the researcher explains the types of politeness strategies and the factors of their politeness strategies. As a result, the researcher found four politeness strategies types being used by Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy to maintain their friendship. The researcher found 57 utterances indicated as politeness strategies which are bald on-record, positive politeness, negative politeness, and off-record. The most frequent type of politeness found by the researcher is positive politeness, the researcher found 41 utterances in total. The researcher also found 13 utterances categorized as bald on-record, 2 utterances categorized as negative politeness, and 1 utterance categorized as off-record. It can be known that the characters frequently used positive politeness and bald on-record to maintain their friendship because it tends to show their solidarity and clarity. The characters rarely used negative politeness and off record because it tends to show their distance by giving freedom to the hearer and showing ambiguity. This study also reveals the factors of their politeness strategies which are payoffs, social distance, relative power, and rank of imposition. It can be known that they frequently applied payoffs factor where they can get different advantages based on their politeness strategies types such as to get efficiency and social distance because they often show their lower degree of politeness to each other.