A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF COMPLIMENTS USED BY THE CHARACTERS IN MOANA FILM AND ITS APPLICATION IN TEACHING SPEAKING AT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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2019-09-21
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Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Pendidikan Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo
Abstract
This study focuses on the compliments used by the characters in Moana
film. Compliment is a speech act that frequently occurs in everyday conversation.
The objectives of this research are to analyze the topic compliments expression,
responses to compliment, and to describe the application of complimenting
expression used by the characters in teaching speaking.
This research is a qualitative research. This research uses a pragmatic
approach. The researcher takes data from film and it is in form of script of film.
To collect the data, the researcher did some steps: the first downloading The
Moana film and script, the second checking both film, and the third script in order
to have exact data. Then, to analyze the data, the researcher uses theory from
Ishihara and Cohen about topic of compliment and Tran about response of
compliment.
From the research result, the researcher finds three topics of compliments
expressed by the characters in the film Moana. They are an expression of
appearance/possession 6 data (21%), performance/skills/abilities 20 data (69%),
and personality traits 3 data (10%). There are three responses of compliments
used by the characters in the film Moana, those are acceptance 20 data (69%),
rejections 6 data (21%), and avoid self-praise 3 data (10%).
The result of analysis of compliments that used in Moana film can be
applied in teaching speaking of Vocational High School. The material about
complimenting and congratulating others in the syllabus of Vocational High
school that is Compliment