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An Analysis of Politeness Strategy Done by North Koreans Seen in “My Brothers And Sisters in the North” Documentary Handayani, Widi
Indonesian Journal of English Language Studies (IJELS) Vol 7, No 1 (2021): March 2021
Publisher : Magister Kajian Bahasa Inggris (English Language Studies) Universitas Sanata Dharma Yogy

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ijels.v7i1.3173

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It is a study on politeness strategy proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). It focuses on the utterances spoken by North Koreans. Negative and positive politeness strategy are found in the study. North Koreans perform negative politeness when dealing with the things related to works or their leaders. It shows by the use of the word “please” to give a command, pronoun “we” to indicate exclusiveness which exclude the host as a person comes from different land, pronoun “our” to show their possession towards a particular things, and the use of specific names to refer to their leaders. It is applied to present their professionalism towards their works and loyalty to their leaders. It aims to create distant to people outside the country in dealing anything related to the nation. Positive politeness is used to reveal their solidarity towards the host. It indicates that they share the same origin and personalities. It functions to convey their feelings to the host towards particular things. Telling their feelings to people from different place suggests that they trust the host and want her to understand them. It gives an affirmation that even they live in isolation, they can be close to people they barely meet.
An Analysis of Speech Acts Performed by A Fitness Influencer, Kayla Itsines, in Her Instagram Captions Handayani, Widi; Yulina, Christina Atika
Indonesian Journal of English Language Studies (IJELS) Vol 10, No 1 (2024): March 2024
Publisher : Magister Kajian Bahasa Inggris (English Language Studies) Universitas Sanata Dharma Yogy

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ijels.v10i1.5075

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This study seeks out the speech acts in Kayla Itsines’ Instagram captions. The captions written in the last week of January 2020 were selected as the data. There were 20 captions which consisted of 209 sentences. The results present that representative is the most frequent classification in this study. It only has one type which is claiming. It proves that in her captions, Kayla uses phatic expressions to communicate to her followers since she considers her platform as a community that shares the same interests. Hence, she can express her thoughts or feelings without having to provide the scientific evidence. Further, directive consists of 3 areas in this study; ordering, suggesting, and thanking. Ordering and suggesting have the same occurrence which is 39.75%. It presents that being a fitness influencer means being a role model. Hence, she urges her followers to make suggestions to achieve their goals. Lastly, expressive is used to express liking, congratulating, and thanking. Liking is the highest with 50% total occurrence. It aims to display her excitement towards her followers’ achievement since the goal of an influencer is to influence people to reach their goals.