Contrastive Analysis of Politeness Strategies in Directive Speech Act in Japanese and Minangkabau Language
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.211119.008How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Contrastive analysis; directive; Japanese; Minangkabau language; politeness; speech act strategy
- Abstract
This study aims to identify the similarities and differences of politeness strategies in directive speech acts in Japanese and Minangkabau languages. The data are gathered from dialogues in a Japanese movie entitled Kuchibiru ni Uta o (2015) and one Indonesian movie using Minangkabau language as language used by the actors, entitled Surau dan Silek. (2017). Leech’s (1983) framework is used to analyze the data which consists of six main points; Maxim of Tact, Maxim of Generosity, Maxim of Approbation, Maxim of Modesty, Maxim of Agreement, and Maxim of Sympathy. The result of the study indicated that there are similarities and differences found in the politeness strategies in directive speech acts in both languages. The most frequently used politeness strategy in both Japanese and Minangkabaunese in the films was the Maxim of Agreement. Cultural differences affect the way Japanese and Minangkabaunese convey the speech act of directive, where Japanese delivers the speech acts directly without introductory sentences or closing statements. Meanwhile, Minangkabaunese use indirect speech acts by starting with an introduction in the form of advice and motivation or ending with a closing sentence in the form of a suggestion.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
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TY - CONF AU - Alifah Dini Putri AU - Nuria Haristiani PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/21 TI - Contrastive Analysis of Politeness Strategies in Directive Speech Act in Japanese and Minangkabau Language BT - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 47 EP - 52 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211119.008 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211119.008 ID - Putri2021 ER -