Politeness Maxim Applied by Characters in Victoria & Abdul Movie

Abstract

This research is entitled “Politeness Maxim Applied by Characters in Victoria & Abdul Movie”. This research aims at finding out the kinds of politeness maxim in Victoria & Abdul movie and its politeness scale. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The data were taken from the script of Victoria & Abdul movie. Politeness Maxim proposed by Geoffrey Leech (1983) in his book entitled The Pragmatics of Politeness was used in analyzing the data. Based on the results, six kinds of politeness maxims were found in this movie, such as tact maxim, generosity maxim, approbation maxim, modesty maxim, agreement maxim, and sympathy maxim. On the other hand, for the politeness scale found in the movie were cost-benefit scale, authority scale, indirectness scale, optionality scale, and social-distance scale.