Nefis Farikhatun Nurul Baiti. 1709010012. 2021. A Comparative Analysis of
Impoliteness Expressions by Public Figures in The Social Network and Bohemian
Rhapsody Movie. Undergraduate Thesis for Sarjana Sastra Degree. English
Department, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.
This research examines impoliteness aspects presented in The Social
Network and Bohemian Rhapsody movie using pragmatic approach. The
objectives of this research are to describe the types of impoliteness strategies
addressed by the main characters of both films, to explain the realization of the
impoliteness strategies addressed by the main characters of both films, and to
compare the results of the impoliteness strategies addressed by the main
characters of the films.
The method of this research was using descriptive qualitative research.
The data were in the form of utterances spoken by the main characters of The
Social Network and Bohemian Rhapsody film, while the contexts of the data were
dialogues. The sources of this research were the script of the dialogues spoken
by the main characters in The Social Network and Bohemian Rhapsody film and
the video of the film. The primary instrument of this research was the researcher
herself, while the secondary instrument was the data sheet. The researcher used
analysis of documents by note-taking to collect the data. Referential analysis was
used to analyse the data. Finally, the data were triangulated by expert.
In conducing this research, the researcher applied Impoliteness theory by
Culpeper (1996). From the analysis, the researcher found 44 utterances by the
main characters of The Social Network and Bohemian Rhapsody movie. There are
19 utterances (43.2%) utters by the main character of The Social Network film,
and 25 utterances (56.8%) utters by the main character of Bohemian Rhapsody
film. Which 35 utterances (79.6%) used positive impoliteness strategy, 6
utterances (13.6%) used negative impoliteness strategy, 2 utterances (4.5%) used
bald on record impoliteness, and 1 utterance (2.3%) used withhold politeness
strategy.
Positive impoliteness realized in the form of ignore, snub, fail to attend the
hearer’s interests, be disinterested, seek disagreement, avoid agreement, make
others feel uncomfortable, use taboo language, and call the hearer’s name by
using derogatory nominations. However, negative impoliteness realized in the
form of do not taking the hearer seriously, invading the other’s space, explicitly
associate hearer with negative aspects, and hinder-interrupting. Next, bald on
record impoliteness expressed in the form of using direct, clean, and
unambiguous statement. Meanwhile, withhold politeness realized in the form
being silent and failing to thank, but in the movie the researcher only found
being silent form in The Social Network film.