Sa'diyah, Ima Khalimatus (2009) Politeness strategies used by Indonesian chatters internet replay chat (IRC) / Ima Khalimatus Sa'diyah. Diploma thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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On-line chat-channels in Internet Relay Chat (IRC) have become a popular environment for meeting new people and for general conversations. These chat-channels are comparable to real-life situations where participants interact at the same time and often in the same spatial environment. The same conversational rules are adhered to both in chat-channel conversations and in face-to-face interaction. However some specific features of chat-channel conversation such as the politeness strategies might be different from those we meet outside the cyberspace. The purpose of this study is to find out politeness strategies used by Indonesian chatters in the discourse of online environment specifically in IRC channels. This study investigates three downloaded data of written conversations or messages in the IRC. The data were collected by logging in into an IRC channel which is Cafeislam for approximately two hours and then copying the conversations or messages written by the Indonesian chatters in the channel into the computer hard disk. The written conversations or messages that are taken as data are only the one containing face-threatening act (FTA). The data are analyzed using Brown and Levinson s theory of politeness strategy (1987). Based on Brown and Levinson s model of politeness strategy (1987) the politeness strategies used in chat conversations to reduce the FTA are grouped into four main strategies Bald on Record Positive Politeness Negative Politeness and Off-the-Record. The results of the analysis show that bald on record strategy is most widely used by Indonesian chatters in IRC. It may happen due to the setting of the conversation that is the cyber world where the people communicate there may not really know each other and they may never meet in the real world. This setting makes them able to say whatever they want to say without any risk to themselves. Positive politeness is also quite widely used by Indonesian chatters in the IRC in order to show their respect and regard toward the other chatters. While negative politeness strategy is generally used by Indonesian chatters in IRC when they want to ask other chatters to do something and to show that the interlocutor recognizes the addressee s want to have his freedom of action unobstructed. The least politeness strategy used is off-the-record strategy. In line with bald on record strategy it may happen due to the setting of the conversation which is the virtual community where there is almost no boundary for everyone to say what they want to say.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Diploma) |
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| Subjects: | ?? ?? |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S1 Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2009 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2009 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/10859 |
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