Musamus Journal of Language and Literature
Vol 5 No 1 (2022): Musamus 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
29 Aug 2022

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the methods employed in Easy A movie. This research is proposed by Culpeper (2011) theory. The researchers used the descriptive qualitative method to analyze the impoliteness strategies in this study. The subject of the research is “Easy A” movie. In this study, data was gathered by using an observational methodology and non-participatory technique. Next, the data was analyzed with the pragmatic identification method. During this study, the researchers identified 16 utterances. As a result of their studies, the researchers discovered five types of impoliteness, including (4) bald on record impoliteness, (5) positive impoliteness, (4) negative impoliteness, (2) mock politeness or sarcasm, and (1) withhold politeness. The most common strategy used by the Easy A movie was positive impoliteness and negative impoliteness.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

lite

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Subject

Arts Education

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The aims of this MuJoLaLi is to provide a venue for academicians, researchers, and practitioners for publishing the original research articles or review articles. The scope of the MuJoLaLi deals with current issues in Language and ...