Journal of Language and Literature
Vol 8 No 2 (2022): Humanitatis: Journal of Language and Literature

Impoliteness Strategies Used in the Movie "Easy A"

Jojor Romanna Simanjuntak (Universitas Putera Batam)
Ambalegin Ambalegin (Universitas Putera Batam)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2022

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impoliteness strategies employed in Easy A. This research is proposed by Culpeper’s (2011) theory. In this study, the researchers analyzed impoliteness strategies using descriptive qualitative analysis. The subject of the research is “Easy A” movie. In this study, data was gathered by using an observational methodology and a non-participatory technique. After processing the data, pragmatic identification methods were used to analyze it. During this study, the researchers identified 16 utterances. The researchers discovered five kinds of impoliteness as a result of their research, including (4) bald on record impoliteness, (5) positive impoliteness, (4) negative impoliteness, (2) mock politeness, and (1) withhold politeness. Positive impoliteness and negative impoliteness were most frequently used by Easy A.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

humanitatis

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Humanitatis : Journal of Language and Literature adalah salah satu Jurnal Ilmiah yang terdapat di Universitas Bumigora Mataram yang dikelola di bawah Lembaga Penelitian, Pengembangan dan Pengabadian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM). Jurnal ini bertujuan untuk memberikan wadah atau sarana publikasi bagi para ...