%0 Thesis
%9 Skripsi
%A YUNI MURLIATI, NIM. 09150076
%B FAKULTAS ADAB DAN ILMU BUDAYA
%D 2013
%F digilib:9017
%I UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA
%T POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY GEORGE MILTON   IN JOHN STEINBECK’S OF MICE AND MEN   
%U https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/9017/
%X Politeness is behaving in a way that attempts to take into account the  feelings of the people being addressed. It is one of important subject matters in a  communication. Besides, it is also a universal matter. This relates to the social and  cultural values of the community. Politeness strategies in communication also  become an important thing in Islamic precept. Based on these importance of  politeness in a communication, the writer intends to describe how politeness  strategies are used in a novel by John Steinbeck entitled Of Mice and Men. This  novel becomes controversial issue in education fields. There is an assumption that  this novel offers many profanities that are considered as impolite. Thus, this  research aims to describe how politeness strategies are used by George Milton, the  main character, in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men through his directive  utterances (commands, requests, and suggestions) and to elaborate the reasons  why certain strategies are used.    This research is a qualitative research that analyzes the data descriptively.  The source of the data is John Steinbeck’s novel entitled Of Mice and Men. The  data are limited to the directive utterances of the main character, George Milton.  The technique used in collecting data is documentation. The data are analyzed by  using Brown and Levinson’s theory of politeness strategy.    The result of the analysis shows that George Milton gives commands  more than requests and suggestions. There are 35 commands, 20 requests, and 5  suggestions. The usage of politeness strategies by George Milton varies. He tends  to apply bald on record strategy in giving commands. However, in requesting and  suggesting, he mostly uses positive and negative politeness strategies. The choices  of certain strategies are influenced by George’s consideration for the addressees’  face, and the influences of the context of the situation and the addressees’  condition.     Key words: politeness strategy, command, request, suggestion, utterance