Abstract:
This research was sought to understand a certain phenomenon, namely the
politeness strategies used in Opening Ceremony FIFA World Cup 2022. This
research aims to describe the types of Politeness Strategies and the reasons of used
Politeness Strategies in Opening Ceremony FIFA World Cup 2022. The data and
source of the data was done collect from www.youtube.com. Thetechnique of this
research was used descriptive Qualitative. There were four politeness strategies
that mentioned by Brown and Levinson, they are Bald on Record, Positive
Politeness, Negative Politeness and Off Record. The most dominant politeness
strategy used was Positive Politeness with 43.75%. Another Politeness Strategy
used was Negative Politeness (31,25 %), Bald on Record (12.05%) and Off Record
(12.5%). The approach for analyzing the Politeness Strategies was based on Brown
and Levinson’s Theory of Politeness.
