A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RESPONSES TO COMPLIMENTS IN AN AMERICAN MOVIE THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS AND AN INDONESIAN MOVIE RUMAH TANPA JENDELA A THESIS By Theodorin Tauristia Pungkisari Student Number: 10.80.0010 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME FACULTY OF LETTERS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SEMARANG 2014
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RESPONSES TO COMPLIMENTS IN AN AMERICAN MOVIE THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS AND AN INDONESIAN MOVIE RUMAH TANPA JENDELA A Thesis Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Sastra Degree in the English Department By Theodorin Tauristia Pungkisari Student Number: 10.80.0010 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME FACULTY OF LETTERS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SEMARANG 2014
PERNYATAAN KEASLIAN SKRIPSI Dengan ini saya menyatakan bahwa dalam skripsi saya yang berjudul A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RESPONSES TO COMPLIMENTS IN AN AMERICAN MOVIE THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS AND AN INDONESIAN MOVIE RUMAH TANPA JENDELA ini tidak terdapat karya yang pernah diajukan untuk memperoleh gelar kesarjanaan di suatu Perguruan Tinggi, dan sepanjang pengetahuan saya juga tidak terdapat karya atau pendapat yang pernah ditulis atau diterbitkan oleh orang lain, kecuali yang secara tertulis diacu dalam naskah ini dan disebutkan dalam daftar pustaka. Apabila di kemudian hari ternyata terbukti bahwa skripsi ini sebagian atau seluruhnya merupakan hasil plagiasi, maka saya rela untuk dibatalkan, dengan segala akibat hukumnya sesuai peraturan yang berlaku pada Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata dan/atau peraturan perundang-undangan yang berlaku. Semarang, 5 Agustus 2014 ( Theodorin Tauristia P ) NIM: 10.80.0010
A THESIS ON A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RESPONSES TO COMPLIMENTS IN AN AMERICAN MOVIE THE PURSUIT OF HAPPY NESS AND AN INDONESIAN MOVIE RUMAH TANPA JENDELA By: Theodorin Tauristia Pungkisari Student Number: 10.80.0010 Approved by Antonius Suratno PhD July, 2014 Major Sponsor Emilia Ninik Aydawati, SP., M.Hum July, 2014 Co-Sponsor ii
A thesis defended in front of the Board of Examiners in July 16, 2014 and declared acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Chairperson : Antonius Suratno, Ph.D Secretary : Emilia Ninik A., SP., M.Hum Member : Drs. YE. Budiyana, MA Semarang, July 16, 2014 Faculty of Language and Arts Soegijapranata Catholic University Dean, Angelika Riyandari, PhD NPP. 058.1.1996.201 iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, I would deliver my grateful feeling to Jesus Christ for His blessing, guidance, and help me in finish this thesis. I believe that my long and uneasy way of studying in the Faculty of Language and Art is never far from His guidance. I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Antonius Suratno PhD as my major sponsor and Mrs. Emilia Ninik Aydawati, SP., M.Hum as my co-sponsor who always guided me patiently, gave me useful suggestion and shared their knowledge, ideas and experience from the beginning until the end of the process of writing this thesis. Besides, I also would like to thank all the lecturers and the staffs who helped me during my study in the Faculty of Language and Arts. My sincere thanks also go to my beloved parents and brother who always support, give attention and prayers to me. Furthermore, I also would like to thank Theofilus Bagus Nafryan for his supports, love and cares. To my beloved friends in the Faculty of Language and Art: Vena, Sapta, Ana, Maria, Aming, Shinta, Citra, Jovita, Rea, Lily and Berty, thanks for helping me, and also sharing our good/bad time and stories and all togetherness we had. I also thank my 2010 fellow students for the experiences and togetherness we had during these years. Finally, I realize that this thesis is still lacking many things. Thus, I wish this thesis can be useful as the basis for the further studies. iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE OF TITLE... i PAGE OF APPROVAL... ii BOARD OF EXAMINERS... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS... v LIST S OF TABLES & CHARTS... viii ABSTRACT... ix ABSTRAK... x CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION... 1 1.1 Background of the Study... 1 1.2 Field of The Study... 3 1.3 Scope of The Study... 3 1.4 Problem Formulation... 3 1.5 Objectives of The Study... 4 1.6 Significance of The Study... 4 1.7 Deinition of Term... 4 CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW... 6 2.1 Previous Study... 6 2.2 Theory of Compliments in Speech Acts... 7 2.3 Kinds of responses to Compliments... 9 2.4 Language and Culture... 10 v
2.5 Compliment Behavior Based On American and Javanese Culture... 12 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY... 15 3.1 Method of Research... 15 1. Instrument... 15 2. Procedure... 16 3. Data Analysis... 17 CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION... 20 4.1 Kinds of Compliments in an American Movie... 20 4.1.1 Acceptance Strategies... 21 4.1.2 Amendment Strategies... 26 4.1.6 No- acknowledgment... 26 4.2 Kinds of Compliments in an Indonesian Movie... 27 4.2.1 Acceptance Strategies... 28 4.2.2 Amendment Strategies... 32 4.2.3 Non-acceptance Strategies... 33 4.2.4 Face Relationship Related Response Strategies... 35 4.2.5 Combination Strategies... 36 4.2.6 No- acknowledgment... 37 4.3 The Similarities of Compliment Responses in American and Indonesian movies... 39 4.4 The Differences of Compliment Responses in American and Indonesian movies... 39 4.5 Discussion... 41 vi
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION... 45 1. Conclusion... 45 2. Suggestion... 46 Bibliography... vii Appendix 1... Appendix 2... vii
LISTS OF TABLES & CHARTS Table 1: The Example of Data Analysis... 18 Table 2: The Frequency of the Compliment in The Pursuit of Happyness... 20 Table 3: The Acceptance Strategies in The Pursuit of Happyness... 21 Table 4: The Frequency of the Compliment in Rumah Tanpa Jendela... 27 Table 5: The Acceptance Strategies in Rumah Tanpa Jendela... 28 Table 6: The Amendment Strategies in Rumah Tanpa Jendela... 32 Table 7 TheNon-Acceptance Strategies in Rumah Tanpa Jendela... 33 Table 8:The No Acknowledgment in Rumah Tanpa Jendela... 37 Chart 1: The Kinds of Responses to Compliment in American Movie... 41 Chart 2: The Kinds of Responses to Compliment in American Movie... 42 viii
ABSTRACT Compliment is a part of daily conversations. Compliment is used to show solidarity, or as a reward for someone who has done something good, or to increase motivation in someone s jobs. Compliment has a lot of meanings and purposes based on people s needs. Every person may have different ways to give and accept responses depending on situations and maybe also the purposes of giving and accepting compliments. In this research, the writer is interested in doing a comparative research on compliments in American and Indonesian movies. The Pursuit of Happyness and Rumah Tanpa Jendela using qualitative analysis by adopting Yu s theory of compliments. The researcher found that there are some similarities and differences in the way people give responses to the compliment in to the two movies used in this study and show the cultural influences. Key words: compliment, response, movie ix
ABSTRAK Pujian adalah bagian dari percakapan sehari hari. Pujian digunakan untuk menunjukkan solidaritas, atau sebagai penghargaan untuk seseorang yang telah melakukan sesuatu dengan baik, atau untuk menambah motivasi di dalam pekerjaan. Pujian memiliki banyak arti dan tujuan tergantung kepada kebutuhan. Setiap orang memiliki cara yang berbeda-bedauntuk memberi dan menerima respon tergantung pada situasi dan mungkin juga tujuan memberi dan menerima pujian. Didalam penelitian ini penulis tertarik untuk melakukan penelitian pada pujian di film Amerika dan film Indonesia. Di dalam penelitian ini, penulis tertarik untuk melakukan perbandingan penelitian di The Pursuit of Happyness dan Rumah Tanpa Jendela menggunakan analisis kualitatif dengan teori pujian berdasarkan Yu, penulis menemukan hasil bahwa ada beberapa persamaan dan perbedaan dalam cara memberikan tanggapan pujian pada dua film yang digunakan dalam studi ini dan memperlihatkan pengaruh budaya. Kata kunci: pujian, tanggapan, film x