@phdthesis{digilib20052, month = {March}, title = {POLITENESS STRATEGIESUSED BY PONYBOY CURTIS IN THE OUTSIDERSMOVIE}, school = {UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA}, author = {NIM. 11150023 NUR MIFTAHUL KHOIRIYAH}, year = {2016}, note = {Fuad Arif Fudiyartanto, S.Pd, M.Hum, M.Ed.}, keywords = {Utterances, The Outsiders movie, politeness strategies}, url = {https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/20052/}, abstract = {People around the world use language to communicate. Besides being a means of communication, language is one of the ways to show politeness. The object of this research is the utterances that Ponyboy Curtis delivered in The Outsiders movie. This movie tells about two groups of young teenagers in USA which is still divided by economic status. They are Socs and Greaser. Ponyboy Curtis is a member of Greaser. Although Greaser is always seen as a bad group by Socs, Ponyboy Curtis has a nice way in delivering his speaking toward others. This research aims to find out the kind of politeness strategies are used by Ponyboy Curtis and explain how he delivers it. This research uses qualitative approach in data analysis. The data is analyzed by using Brown and Levinson?s politeness strategies theory. The result of this research shows that Ponyboy Curtis uses 15 Bald On Record (37.5\%), 20 Positive Politeness (50\%), two Negative Politeness (5\%), and three Off Record (7.5\%). Most of Politeness Strategies are used by Ponyboy Curtis is Positive Politeness.The strategies that are used in Bald On Record are urgent (three cases), offer (11 cases), and welcoming (one case). In Positive Politeness, the strategies used are avoid disagreement (eight cases), joke (three cases), understanding (five cases), seek agreement (one case), ask for reason (two cases), and include both in activity (one case). In Negative Politeness, there are question (one case) and apologize strategy (one case). In Off Record, there is only one strategy that is give association clue (three cases).} }