POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY BOY WILLIAM IN BREAKOUT INTERVIEW WITH RUEL

This final project is about politeness strategies used by Boy William in Breakout interview
with Ruel. This study aimed to; (1) find out the types of politeness strategies used by Boy
William in Breakout interview with Ruel; (2) find what are the most dominant politeness
strategies, and (3) find the contribution of politeness strategies in the Pragmatics study. In
this research, the data were analyzed using the interactive model theory by Miles and
Huberman (2014) method. The data of the research were collected by watching a talk
show video on YouTube, listening, taking notes, analyzing and classifying
utterances spoken by the speaker (Boy William) when communicating with the
guest star (Ruel). The source of the research is a conversation between Boy William and
Ruel in the Talkshow "Breakout Interview with Ruel" on YouTube channel. The research
data was taken from Boy William's utterances when communicating with Ruel. The results
of this research are 21 utterances have been analyzed as a politeness strategy used by Boy
William in the Talkshow Breakout Interview with Ruel which consists of 12 (57.142%)
Positive politeness strategies, 4 (19.047%) Bald Off Record, 1 (4.761%) Negative
politeness, and 4 (19,047%) Off Record. We can conclude that Boy William tends to use
positive politeness strategies more often in an interview with the guest (Ruel).
Keywords: Politeness, Pragmatic, Breakout Talk show.