This study aims to examine and compare request strategies and politeness of two groups of native speakers from two different ethnic groups in Indonesia, i.e., Javanese and Sundanese. The data were collected by using Discourse Completion Task (DCT) with 60 participants from 30 Javanese (East Java) and 30 Sundanese (West Java) speakers. The data were analyzed by using the classification of request strategies by Blum-Kulka et al., 1989) and social contexts in terms of social power, social distance, and degree of imposition by Brown and Levinson (1987) to reveal the levels of directness and politeness of request employed by each group of speakers. The result of this study indicates that Direct Strategy in the form of mood derivable and Conventionally Indirect Strategy in the form of query preparatory are two request strategies that are mainly employed by both Javanese and Sundanese speakers. In particular, Javanese speakers employ a more Direct Strategy than Sundanese speakers. However, the patterns of request strategies employed by Javanese and Sundanese speakers in most social contexts are similar. In addition, both groups of speakers can also adapt to the situations and employ appropriate requests to the hearer. Therefore, politeness and appropriateness in requests employed by each group of speakers in their DCT responses can reflect the local wisdom of each culture.Keywords: requests; social contexts; politeness; Javanese; Sundanese
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis penggunaan tindak tutur permintaan maaf dalam klarifikasi yang disampaikan figur publik melalui media sosial kepada masyarakat berdasarkan model strategi Cohen dan Olshtain (1981). Strategi yang digunakan kemudian dihubungkan dengan konteks sosial yang dipengaruhi oleh status sosial para figur publik sesuai dengan teori kesantunan Brown & Levinson (1987) yaitu kekuatan sosial, jarak sosial, dan beratnya pelanggaran. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah unggahan permintaan maaf melalui takarir pada akun Instagram pribadi beberapa figur publik dalam ranah industri hiburan Indonesia sejak bulan sejak Januari hingga Juni 2022. Adapun figur publik yang dimaksud adalah IK, OSD, dan DC. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat tiga dari enam jenis strategi yang paling banyak digunakan oleh para figur publik, yaitu permintaan maaf langsung, permintaan maaf tidak langsung dalam bentuk memberikan penjelasan, dan permintaan maaf tidak langsung dalam bentuk menawarkan perbaikan. Selain itu, terdapat pula perbedaan status sosial berupa achieved status yang dimiliki para figur publik jika dibandingkan dengan masyarakat pada umumnya. Akibatnya, ketika dihubungkan dengan tingkat kesantunan berdasarkan kekuatan sosial, dapat disimpulkan bahwa figur publik cenderung tidak menggunakan jenis strategi yang beragam saat meminta maaf kepada masyarakat dalam media sosial. Kata-kata kunci: klarifikasi, permintaan maaf, figur publik, konteks sosial, Instagram
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