JETA (Journal of English Teaching and Applied Linguistic)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): JETA: Journal of English Teaching and Applied Linguistic

POLITENESS PRINCIPLE ANALYSIS OF ROAD DAHL’S CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Andri Maulana (Madrasah Aliyah Hidayatul Mubtadiin)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2021

Abstract

The study focuses on the politeness principle of Road Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory based on Geofrey Leech’s theory. Leech mentions there are six maxims of politeness principle as follows: Tact Maxim, Generosity Maxim, Approbation Maxim, Modesty Maxim, Agreement Maxim, and Sympathy Maxim. The objectives of this study are identifying and classifying into several categories of politeness principles as well as analysing the conversational text in the story. This research uses a qualitative approach for the study of literature (documents) from a variety of sources, both print and electronic, as well as texts, journals, and scientific articles. In conducting this study, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book is used as the primary source for the data collection. The data are collected by taking several conversational texts in its story. The result of this study can be concluded that in the text of the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl there are several discourse contexts in the story that are in line with the politeness principle by Geofrey Leech.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jeta

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Teaching and Applied Linguistic (JETA) is a peer-reviewed journal run by the English Language Education Department of STKIP PGRI Bandar Lampung (Institute of Teachers Training & Education of PGRI Bandar Lampung), Indonesia. JETA aims at reporting high-quality empirical and ...