AN ANALYSIS OF POSITIVE POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN FROZEN MOVIE

Abstract

This research analyzed the use of Positive Politeness strategies in Frozen movie, based on Brown and Levinson’s (1987) Theory. The objectives of this study to describe positive politeness strategies and to describe the most frequently used positive politeness strategies in Frozen movie. The data were taken from both the movie script and the film version to ensure accuracy of the context, such as gestures, intonation and situational background. A qualitative descriptive method was applied as the main technique for collecting data.

The findings reveal that from a total of 42 utterances, all 15 types of positive politeness strategies were identified. The most dominant strategy is Notice, attend to hearer, which appeared 12 times (28.6%), followed by Exaggerate with 6 times (14.3%), and Seek agreement (9.5%). Strategies such as Avoid disagreement and Be optimistic appeared 3 times each (7.1%), while Joke and Give/ask for Reason occurred 2 times each (4.8%). Meanwhile, strategies like Intensify interest to hearer, Use in group identity markers, Presuppose common ground, Assert knowledge of hearer wants, Include both speaker and hearer in the activity, Assert reciprocity, and Give gifts to hearer only appeared one each (2.4%). These result indicate th