Abstract :
The purpose of the research was to analyze types of impoliteness strategies
used by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in their first presidential election
debate and to analyze the meaning of utterances in using impoliteness strategies in
this debate. In conducting this research, the researcher used the theory of Jonathan
Culpaper. Based on Jonathan Culpaper theory, there were five types of
impoliteness strategies (bald on record impoliteness, positive impoliteness,
negative impoliteness, sarcasm or mock politeness and withhold politeness). then
the researcher used qualitative method because the data of this research were in
the form of utterances producted by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
In collecting the data, the researcher took the data from the script of
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton?s utterances in their first presidential election
debate in September 26
th
2016. The results of this research showed that Donald
Trump and Hillary Clinton used only four impoliteness strategies out of five
strategies which named: 1. Bald on Record Impoliteness, 2. Posistive
Impoliteness, 3. Negative Impoliteness, 4. Sarcasm or Mock Politeness.