Abstract:Politeness in language is a key to success for a program host to get comfortable in communication. The purpose of this study is to analyze and reveal Najwa Shihab’s politeness strategy in the episode ‘the Champions Stories’ of Mata Najwa program by using a pragmatic approach. The theory used in this study is the politeness theory of Brown and Levinson (1987). This descriptive and qualitative study employed free listening and involvement in conversation (SLBC) method and listening and note taking techniques. … Show more
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