Abstract:
This study aims to examine the kind of politeness strategies used by Deddy
Corbuzier in his podcasts with Cinta Laura and Millen Cyrus, the realization of
each politeness strategies and the reasons of using the politeness strategies. This
study belongs to a descriptive qualitative research. The data were gained by
transcribing the whole utterances realized during the podcasts. Then, the data were
eliminated and sorted. Only Deddy’s mixed English-Indonesian utterances were
analyzed, encoded, described, and displayed in the discussion. There are three
politeness strategies used by Deddy Corbuzier. They are bald on record strategy,
positive strategy and negative strategy. However, Deddy Corbuzier has a tendency
to use positive politeness strategy in interviewing his guests. The positive
strategies realized in the podcasts werefocusing attention on the opposite person,
give more attention, give recognition or sympathy to opponents said, find an
agreement, add or agree with the opinions of the interlocutors, being optimistic,
giving or asking for a specific reason, offer assistance or promise, joke, asking
questions or avoiding, being pessimistic, apologize, and state clearly that the
actions of the interlocutor are very valuable to the speaker. The reasons of using
each strategies are considering the responses he expected from the guests, the
intimacy factor and the weighing the risks of each strategy.
