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)