THE USE OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY OPRAH WINFREY’S 2020 VISION TOUR VISIONERS INTERVIEW WITH MICHELLE OBAMA

Karima, Ajeng Nazilatu (2025) THE USE OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY OPRAH WINFREY’S 2020 VISION TOUR VISIONERS INTERVIEW WITH MICHELLE OBAMA. [Tugas Akhir/Skripsi]

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Karima, Ajeng Nazilatul, 21620017. The Use of Politeness Strategies Used by Oprah Winfrey’s 2020 Vision Tour Visioners with Michelle Obama. Thesis, Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Wijaya Kusama Surabaya University, 2025. Politeness strategies, as introduced by Brown & Levinson are ways in which speakers minimize face-threatening acts and maintain harmony in communication. The strategies have attracted the attention from the researcher since it is claimed as a crucial tool in building a good communication in social interaction such as interviews. This strategy plays and important role in shaping the interaction between host and the guest in order to build harmonies relationship. This research aims to analyses the use of politeness strategies by Oprah Winfrey in her 2020 Vision Tour interview with Michelle Obama. This research focuses on identifying the types of politeness strategies particularly positive and negative politeness and determining which type is the most frequently used. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method and applies Brown & Levinson’s (1987) politeness strategies theory as the primary framework. The data were taken from Oprah’s utterances during the interview and were analysed based on the classification of politeness strategies proposed by Brown & Levinson’s theory. The findings show that Oprah used 77 politeness strategies utterances in total, including 51 positive politeness and 26 negative politeness. It reveals that Oprah Winfrey used positive politeness strategy as the most frequently used. Furthermore, the findings demonstrate that Oprah applied positive politeness which aimed to satisfy the hearer’s positive face to be liked, approved, and respected as the most reason why she employed a strategy to maintain her close relation with her guest. Keywords: Politeness Strategies, Positive Politeness, Negative Politeness, Talk Show, Oprah Winfrey

Item Type:	Tugas Akhir/Skripsi
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Language and Science > English Language Education Study Program
Depositing User:	60 Ajeng Nazilatul Karima karima
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2025 03:02
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2025 03:02
URI:	http://erepository.uwks.ac.id/id/eprint/21248

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