A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF POLITENESS PRINCIPLES ON DISPREFERRED SECOND TURNS PERFORMED BY THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE THE DUCHESS

Abstract

This research is aimed at identifying and describing (1) the types of dispreferred second turns of adjacency pairs performed by the main characters and (2) politeness principles applied in the dispreferred second turns as portrayed in the movie The Duchess.

The research used a descriptive qualitative approach. The findings suggest three points. The first point is not all types of adjacency pairs were found; only sixteen out of twenty nine types were applied by the main characters. Then, dispreferred second turns could be found in the data. Though there were six types of dispreferred second turns found in the data, the dispreferred second turns practiced by the main characters has function for obtaining appropriate  information.  Third,  all  of  six  politeness  principles  namely  Tact  Maxim,  Generosity  Maxim, Approbation Maxim, Modesty Maxim, Agreement Maxim, and Sympathy Maxim were used by the main characters in the movie.