Abstract:
This study discusses Politeness Strategy used by Vladimir Putin in his speech on The Reason Why Russian Attacked Ukraine. The purpose of the study is comprehend what kind of Politeness Strategy Theory used by Vladimir Putin, how positive and negative face response are and what are the message which is conveyed in Speech. The qualitative research was applied in this research. The data analysis was shaped into the table by grouping involved the Politeness Strategy Theory after that the data was analyze to answer the research problem. From this study the researcher found out that there are 27 utterances that is included into Politeness Strategy. The results of this study shows that Vladimir Putin threats more Positive Face that Negative face. More over this result shows that there are main strategies used by Vladimir Putin in his speech, those are: (7 utterances of Bald on Record), (9 utterances of Positive Politeness), (8 utterances of Negative Politeness), and (3 utterances of Off-Record). The result show that positive Politeness Strategy was frequently used in this study because he wants to make a good relationship with all the audiences in order to minimize the social distance between them.
