AN ANALYSIS OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN ANIMATION MOVIE SCRIPT “BARBIE AS THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER”

By Brown and Levinson's (1987) theory, this thesis aim to identifying the types
of positive politeness and negative politeness strategies used in the characters of
the animated movie Barbie as The Princess and The Pauper. This research uses
qualitative descriptive method. The data was obtained from the movie script.
Based on the data obtained, there are 87 utterances used on the characters. The
findings showed that in the conversation between characters, there were more
positive politeness than negative politeness. The most used type of strategies is
positive politeness strtategies, which is 59 utterances. However, the least used
strategies are negative politeness, which is 28 utterances. This can happen because
the storyline of this movie is about royal life but not fully formal so that the
closeness between characters in this movie is not so strict but still creates
boundaries between them.
Keywords: Politeness Strategy, Movie