A STUDY OF THE USE OF COMPLIMENT ACT IN MOVIE MANUSCRIPTS: A SOCIO-PRAGMATICS APPROACH
This research discusses the use of compliment act in movie manuscript. The objectives of the research are to clarify the linguistics forms of compliments act, the intention, and reason of compliment act. This research is qualitative research. The data are words, phrase, and sentences taken from...
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| Médium: | Diplomová práce |
| Jazyk: | English English English English English English English |
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2007
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| On-line přístup: | https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13392/ |
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| Shrnutí: | This research discusses the use of compliment act in movie manuscript.
The objectives of the research are to clarify the linguistics forms of compliments
act, the intention, and reason of compliment act. This research is qualitative
research.
The data are words, phrase, and sentences taken from printed material used
movie manuscripts. The sources of data are movie manuscript entitled Titanic,
There’s Something About Mary, and Never Been Kissed. The writer uses
document method to collect the data. To clarify the form, the writer refers to the
linguistic form theory; in clarifying the intention of compliments act the writer
employs speech acts theory. The writer applies speaking grid of Hymes to clarify
the reason of using compliments.
Having analyzed the data, the writer finds that the forms of compliment
acts are word, phrase, and sentences. Related to the intention, the writer gets seven
kinds of intentions, namely, to insult, to satire, to motivate, to praise, to inform, to
respect, and to thank. The reasons of compliment act are to insult, to satire, to
inform, to respect, to encourage, to show admiration, to show rapport, and to show
positive evaluation |
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