This research is descriptive qualitative. The focus of this research is
face
threatening acts between male and female characters in Twilight Novel.
The data
are taken from all conversation between male and female characters
containing
asking in applying face threatening acts.
The research objectives are: (1) to reveal the face threatening acts in
the
conversation of each character in Twilight novel, (2) to explain the
face
threatening acts in Twilight novel, and (3) to find out the reason why
male and
female use different kind of face threatening acts. There are four types
of face
threatening acts: (1) bald on record, (2) positive politeness, (3)
negative
politeness, and (4) bald off record.
This research also analyzes the relationship between male and female
characters. There are four relations between male and female characters:
(1)
distance and power relationship, (2) distance and equal power
relationship, (3)
close distance and power relationship, and (4) close distance and equal
power
relationship.
Keywords: Face Threatening Acts, Bald on Record, Positive Politeness,
Negative
Politeness, Bald off Record
