Maxim Politeness in the Novel The Land of Five Towers

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