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POLITENESS STRATEGIES AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR

CHARACTERIZATION : A CASE STUDY ON INDONESIAN
WEBTOON MY PRE-WEDDING AND ITS ENGLISH VERSION
GROUP MEMBERS
1 Susanti
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2 Ratih Ayu Astutik

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3 Muhammad Al Bagir
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4 Faaza Achmad S
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5 Suci Diyah Pratiwi

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6 Ardian Yoga Pratama

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 Welcome!!

“ The research analyze the trait of the female main character in My Pre-
wedding webtoon, Adelia. Trough her speeches using pragmatic approach
emphasizing on politeness strategies as proposed by Brown & Levison.
Focusing on the Indonesian and English version
“
Research Question

What is the politenes strategies and webtoon

1 means ?

Is there any correlation between cultural values

2 and politeness in translation of My Pre-
Wedding webtoon ?

Do the politeness stategies as well as politness

3 sub strategies influence the traits of the main
character in My Pre-Wedding webtoon?
 What is webtoon ?

Webtoon is a online aplication which aims

to make it easier for mobile phone user in
reading comic digitally.
 Theory

• Face Threatening Act (FTA) are strategies that can

damage or threaten another person’s positive or
negative face (Brown and Levison, 1987:61)
• Politeness is of ethic of speaking to avoid conflict
between speaker and hearer in order to achieve the
purpose of communication
There are five types of politeness strategies

Bald on record
01

No FTA 05 02 Positive politeness

Off Record 04 03 Negative Politeness

The Realization of Politeness strategies in Adelia’s
speeches

ST : 5 Menit lagi, Mas

TT : Hunny, can I sleep for another 5 minutes ?

Positive politeness with in group identity makers

The Realization of Politeness strategies in Adelia’s
speeches

ST : Kenapa Pak Adimas ada di sini ?

TT : Wha, what are you doing here, Sir ?

Negative politeness with gave deference

The Realization of Politeness strategies in Adelia’s
speeches

ST : Ihh ! Sudah sana pakai bajunya ! Sudah sana pakai bajunya !

TT : Just hurry up and put on that clothes !

Bald on record with direct imperative

The Realization of Politeness strategies in Adelia’s
speeches

ST : Anu… Mbak, itu mau dibawa ke kelurahan sebelah ? Biar kubantu

ya ?
TT : Ummm… Linda, you want to deliver those to the next district
office, right ? Let me help you !

Off record with a be vague

Further analysis of Politeness strategies in Adelia’s
speeches

ST : Ternyata Mas memang banyak kekurangannya, ga bisa mancing, ga

bisa berenang, sekarang takut kecoa.

Positive politeness with gave reason and use in group identity markers

TT : Looks like you have a lot of downside, uh ? So you can’t swim, you
can’t fish, and you are afraid of roach ?

Positive politeness with gave reason

Further analysis of Politeness strategies in Adelia’s
speeches

ST : Kalau ada apa-apa jangan ragu minta bantuan Adek ya Mas, Mas
boleh bergantung sama Adek.

Positive politeness with Exaggerate and in group identity markers

TT : If you need something, don’t hesitate to ask for my help, okay. Feel
free to depend on me.

Positive politeness with Exaggerate

 CONCLUSION

• Webtoon is a online aplication which aims to make it easier

for mobile phone user in reading comic digitally.
• Politeness is ethic of speaking to avoid conflict between
speaker and hearer in order to achieve the purpose of
communication
• According to this research politeness strategies can be one
of the instruments prose fiction chracterization