STRATEGI KESANTUNAN TINDAK TUTUR DIREKTIF DALAM NOVEL HEARTBREAK MOTEL KARYA IKA NATASSA

Abstract

This study examines politeness strategies in directive speech acts within Ika Natassa's novel, Heartbreak Motel, using a qualitative descriptive method with a pragmatic approach. Data, drawn from dialogue excerpts containing both directive speech acts and politeness strategies, were collected via a read-and-record technique. Analysis, based on Brown and Levinson's speech strategy theory, involved identification, classification, interpretation, and conclusion-drawing. Findings indicate four main politeness strategies: direct speech without mitigation, positive politeness (often with mitigation), negative politeness (also with mitigation), and indirect/ambiguous speech. Positive politeness was most dominant, characterized by markers of closeness, solidarity, cooperation, sympathy, humor, and justification. Negative politeness minimized imposition, while ambiguous speech conveyed indirect intentions. Blunt, direct speech was also observed, its politeness influenced by social relationships, closeness, and communication context. In conclusion, politeness strategy selection in Heartbreak Motel reflects speech form and illuminates social relations, power dynamics, social distance, and familiarity between characters.