POLITENESS STRATEGIES OF THE KARONESE FAMILIES IN DELI TUA

Abstract

This research dealt with politeness strategies of the Karonese Families in Deli Tua. The objective of this

study was to describe types of politeness strategies of the Karonese Families. This research applied

qualitative research design. The subjects were three of Karonese families who lived in Deli Tua. The

subjects were divided into two groups; three subjects from parents and three subjects from children group.

The instruments used to gain the data were observation and interview. There were two ways relationships

that were observed; first, interaction parent to parent, second, interaction parent to child. The data were

analyzed by using data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing/verification. The findings showed

that the Karonese families used two types of politeness strategies which were (1) bald on record strategy

and (2) positive politeness strategy, both interactions; parent to parent and parent to child. They expressed

their politeness strategies by using kinship forms and pronoun. There were three reasons why they used

bald on record strategy as the dominant type; first, Social Distance (D) of the speaker and hearer, second,

Power (P) between them, and third, the Rank of Imposition (R)