ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021): JUNE

Politeness Strategy in Commissive Speech Acts

Devi Mulatsih Mudiharjo (English Education of FKIP Swadaya Gunung Jati)
Tajudin Nur (Linguistics, FIB Padjadjaran University)
Lia Maulia Indrayani (Linguistics, FIB Padjadjaran University)
Nani Darmayanti (Linguistics, FIB Padjadjaran University)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Jun 2021

Abstract

Understanding comissive speech acts is important in oral or written communication because humans are often facing problems in communicating using language. So, someone can take action under the meaning, intention, and purpose of their utterance.  In every speech act, not only the context, but also the utterance cannot be separated from the use of verbal utterance. This study specifically aims to describe and explain about politeness in commissive speech acts in a variety of speech situations. The research method used is the descriptive analysis method. The data in this study are the form of utterances contain in the conversation of film. The results of this study are founds 4 (four) types of commissive speech acts, they are: promise, swear, pledge (berniat), and vow (bernadar). While the politeness strategies in commissive speech acts include: (i) Cost-Benefit Scale found in promise, (ii) Optionally Scale in swear and pledge, (iii) Indirectness Scale found in promise, swear, and vow, (iv) Authority Scale found in swear that, (v) Social Distance Scale found in pledge.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jish

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

ELS-JISH is, a journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities: Linguistics, Literature, Language Teaching, Translation, and Culture, a scholarly peer-reviewed international scientific journal published quartely by the Faculty of Cultural Sciences Hasanuddin University Publication, focusing on ...