Maxim Compliance Functions of Politeness Principle in The Comments of Merdeka. com FacebookFanspage News

• Main Authors: Qurratul A’ini, Sumarlam, Djatmika
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kantor Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara 2018-07-01
• Series: Kandai
• Subjects: politeness princinple; compliance maxim; speech act
• Online Access: http://ojs.badanbahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/jurnal/index.php/kandai/article/view/575
• ISSN: 1907-204X; 2527-5968

This article discusses about maxim compliance function of politeness principle in the fanspage Facebook comments of online news merdeka.com. Data in form of utterances were collected from fanspage Facebook merdeka.com with politic rubric 23rd-24th September 2016. The data were analyzed with Spradley model based on qualitative descriptive method, which consisted of domain analysis, taxonomy analysis, compotional analysis, and cultural-theme analysis.The result of this research shows that the utterances that keep the maxims of politeness principle are in form of assertive, directive and expressive. Assertive has 2 sub functions; they are “declaring and understanding”. Directive has 4 sub functions, they are “questioning”, “advising”, “confirming” and “inviting”. Expressive has 6 sub function, they are “giving congratulation”, “praise”, “regreting”, “hope”, “be grateful” and “glad”. Then, declaring is the nominan sub fuction.