Refusal strategy employed by characters in the animation movie “The Addams Family 2019”

Lubab, Saidah Maftuhatul (2021) Refusal strategy employed by characters in the animation movie “The Addams Family 2019”. Undergraduate (S1) thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang.

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Saidah Maftuhahtul lubab (1403046061) "Refusal Strategy Employed By Characters In The Animation Movie "The Addams Family 2019". Final Project, Semarang: Bachelor Program of English Education and Teacher Training Faculty (FITK) Walisongo State Islamic University Semarang, 2021.
This study aims to investigate the kinds of refusal strategies in the animation movie The Addams Family 2019. The researcher chose this animation movie as the subject to find out how many refusal techniques are used in the addams family 2019 , because the Addams family is never-ending popularity fiction and has been made into the latest remake, which the audience of Charles Addam's work is waiting for. This study was conducted by using a qualitative descriptive method, the data were taken from a dialogue script which is then analyzed using Beebe and Takahashi’s theory. In addition, the script was classified into two categories of refusal strategies and their types. The results found Direct refusal are performative and Non-performative such as negative will/Ability and negative No, the examples found are, no and no! etc. Indirect refusal: suggestions, hedges, questions, etc. The type of refusal strategy used in The Addams family 2019 film script is a direct refusal and indirect refusal, there are 46 in total and the most widely used is a direct refusal of negative will/ability, used 11 times. The most widely used indirect refusal is indirect refusal with reasons, used 8 times, while the least used refusal is indirect refusal, namely consideration of the other person's feelings 1, hedging 1 and request 1, the rest are 7 direct refusal’s non-performative “no” followed by indirect refusal by request 4, by other 3, Let the interlocutor off the hook 3 lastly white lie 2. The implication of this study linguisticacally are hoped that it can help the teaching materials about refusal, especially to add diction or as insight vocabulary for students who want to enrich their language experience in English conversation. It can also be an explanation for students who want to know the meaning of refusal that may be found in foreign conversations especially they get from the internet.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate (S1))
Uncontrolled Keywords: Pragmatic; Refusal strategies; Learning media; Movie; The Addams Family; English teaching
Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 370 Education > 371 School management; special education > 371.3 Metode, kegiatan belajar mengajar; metode pembelajaran
400 Language > 420 English and Old English
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > 88203 - Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Miswan Miswan
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2022 04:00
Last Modified: 17 Sep 2022 04:00
URI: https://eprints.walisongo.ac.id/id/eprint/16836

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