THE REALIZATION OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY THE TOBA BATAK TEENAGERS IN LINTONGNIHUTA

Abstract

This study deals with the politeness strategies used by Toba Batak teenagers. This study employs qualitative design which aim at describing the politeness strategy which used by Toba Batak teenagers. The subjects are 10 (ten) Toba Batak teenagers who participated in this research. They live on Tapian Nauli, Lintongnihuta. The results show that the Batak Toba teenagers express their politeness by using address terms/kinship forms, pronouns, particles, and deference. The Toba Batak teenagers aplly the four types of politeness strategies stated by Brown and Levinson which are (1) bald on record, (2) positive politeness, (3) negative politeness, (4) off record. The dominant type is bald on record strategy (57.6%). It is caused by Toba Batak societies do not like talk long-winded. Their characteristic are hard worker and extrovert, so that they speak directly. They show solidarity in their interactions. The Batak Toba teenagers apply 4 metaphorical expressions (umpasa) as their concept in controlling their ways of speaking.