AN ANALYSIS OF THE MOST DOMINANT POLITENESS MAXIM IN THE MAIN CHARACTER’S DIALOGUES IN THE HELP FILM

Nadiah Athifah, Nurlaila Nurlaila

Abstract

According to Leech (in Cruse, 2000) politeness maxim is needed to maintain of
harmonious and smooth social relations in the face of the necessity to convey
convoluted messages. The aim of this research is to find out the most dominant types of
politeness maxim used by the main character in The Help film. The researchers use a
descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research are the utterances and the
dialogues between Aibileen as a main character with other characters. The data source
is The Help film. The result of this research shows that there are 43 data of politeness
maxims in The Help film. The maxims include agreement maxim (12), praise maxim (9),
consideration maxim (8), generosity maxim (6), modesty maxim (3), tact maxim (3),
and sympathy maxim (2). Thus, the most dominant maxim that is used by the main
character of The Help film is agreement maxim (12), which is minimize disagreement
with the hearer and maximize agreement with the hearer. It is concluded that the main
character reduce disagreement frequently.

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