Abstract :
This term-paper is about politeness strategies in language. Politeness is one of the
most important things in order to maintain communication runs well. The politeness
strategy also can help us to get what we want from the listener with a good
communication. The politeness strategy also saves our faces. This research focuses
on answering two formulation of problems as follows: 1) What types of politeness
strategy are used by the three main characters in Aladdin movie? and 2) What
factors influence the choice of politeness language type by the main characters? the
author uses qualitative research methods through analyzing the conversations of the
main characters obtained from the movie script. This term-paper is done to figure
out what type of strategy is used and what factors influence the choice of politeness
type. The results of the analysis show that the three main characters in Aladdin
movie used all types of politeness strategies including Off-Record, Negative
Politeness, Positive Politeness and Bald on Record. Positive Politeness is the most
used type because all of the main characters want to be approved and accepting as
a friend and want to have close relationships. The factors that influence the main
characters are social variables consisting of social distance, relative power, and the
rank of imposition.