A pragmatic study on the implementation of politeness principles of directive utterances in the dialogue script of “up” film

Oleh :
Rifngatul Fikriyah - K2209075 - Fak. KIP

This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The source of data is the dialogue script of “Up” film. “UP” film is a film produced by Pixar Animation Studio and distributed by Walt Disney Picture in 2009 with Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and Tom McCarthy as the writer of the film story. The goals of this research are 1) to identify the kinds of directive utterances found in the dialogue script of “UP” film, 2) to find out the forms of politeness principles in expressing directives, 3) to find out the context of the implementation of politeness principles of directive utterances. This research uses Kreidler’s theory to classify the kinds of directive utterances and Leech’s theory to analyze the politeness principles. Before analyzing the implementation of politeness principles, the researcher explains the context for better understanding of the meaning of directive utterances. There are many directive utterances uttered by the characters on the script. As the main data of the research, the researcher takes 30 directive utterances. The results of the research are 1) every directive utterance in the dialogue script of “Up” film has its own context which makes different kinds of directive utterance, 2) the form of politeness principles on directive utterances which are used by the characters of “Up” film are many and varied, 3) context always takes important role in the implementation of politeness principles of directive utterances in the dialogue script of “Up” film, the 30 directive utterances have different typology of directive utterances such as command, request, and suggestion and various politeness principles like tact, generosity, approbation, modesty, agreement, and sympathy. The contributions this research in education, teaching and learning activity are 1) the implementation of politeness principles of directive utterances can be used as teaching materials, 2) the implementation of politeness principles of directive utterances can be used in classroom instruction. Keywords: pragmatics, context, directive utterances, politeness principles.