Abstract:
This study deals with the maxim politeness in the novel The Land of
Five Towers, the objectives of this study are to describe types of maxim
politeness which are used in the novel of The Land of Five Towers and to
investigate how many types of maxim politeness are used in the novel of
The Land of Five Towers. The research used descriptive qualitative method.
The data was taken from the twenty two chapter of the novel. Based on the
result of the maxim politeness in the novel The Land of Five Towers, it was
found that the six types of maxim politeness in this research, they were tact
maxim 13 occurrences, generosity maxim 7 occurrences, approbation
maxim 7 occurrences, modesty maxim 6 the occurrences, agreement maxim
19 occurrences and sympathy maxim 4 occurrences
