Politeness Expressions in Proposal Seminar Interaction
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35335/geneus.v10i2.2156Keywords:
Politeness, Expression, InteractionAbstract
This qualitative research investigated the politeness strategy of the entire participant in Seminar Proposal of Applied Linguistics of UNIMED. The data were obtained from the recorded and then were transcribed. The data were the polite utterances. The data were identified, analyzed and categorized based on expressions are classified as formulaic expressions, semi-formulaic expressions based on Watts (2003), turn-taking based on Cameron (2001) and simultaneous feedback or backchannels based on Yule (2002).The findings of the study showed that there are some politeness evidence expressions which is used by all of the participants. They are 1) formulaic and semi formulaic expression, greetings and first name for formulaic expression, and used hedges (attitudinal predicates), boosters and solidarity for semi-formulaic expressions. 2) Turn taking processes, and 3) Simultaneous Feedback or Backchannels.
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