EXPOSURE JOURNAL
Vol 14, No 1 (2025): Exposure

POSITIVE POLITENESS STRATEGIES FOUND IN THE “BEAUTY AND THE BILLIONAIRE” MOVIE

Sukariyani, Ni Ketut (Unknown)
Maharani, Putu Devi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2025

Abstract

The concept of politeness is very important in human interaction, because it can foster harmonious communication and relationships. This research explores one type politeness strategy found in "Beauty and the Billionaire" movie, that called positive politeness. This research aims to identify the types of positive politeness strategies used by the characters. It uses a qualitative descriptive method to analyze dialogue data from the film. Research findings reveal the application of various positive politeness based on theory, starting from the most dominant ones, namely Give gifts to hearer, Exaggerated, Offer or promise, Intensify interest to the hearer, Give or ask for the reason, Be optimistic, Use in group identity markers, Avoid disagreement, Include both speaker and hearer in the activity. The results provide insight into how characters in films use positive politeness to maintain and improve social relationships.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

exposure

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Exposure Journal publishes academic articles that recognize successful engaged learning depends on effective partnerships between students, faculty, community agencies, administrators, disciplines, and more. The journal invites submission of 1) Research that emanates from or informs campus-community ...