Broadening The Sociolinguistics Perspectives

Abstract

The aim of the article is to observe spoken language, especially conversations on Hitam Putih talk show seen by politeness strategy. The object being studied is the utterance of Deddy Corbuzier, in the Hitam Putih program on 10 September 2019. The writer analyzes the types of politeness strategies used by presenters to interview speakers. This research is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The method in collecting the data in this writing was documentation method because the data are taken from an electronic medium. The talk show was watched for several times to gain the information and take notes of the type of politeness strategies. The data that had been collected were classified to find the types of politeness strategies used in the conversation of Hitam Putih Talk Show. The results showed that in the Hitam Putih dialogue, the presenter used 15 utterances using the Positive Politeness Strategy, and 3 utterances used the Negative Politeness Strategy.