POLITENESS PRINCIPLE IN INTERRUPTIONS IN INDONESIA LAWYERS CLUB

This study was aimed at examining the politeness principle in interruptions in Indonesia Lawyers Club. The objectives of this study were 1) to find out the types of politeness principle occurred in the talk show, 2) to find out the dominant type of politeness principle occurred, and 3) to find out the reasons of those types of politeness principle occurred the ways they were. This research was conducted by qualitative method. The source of data were Indonesia Lawyers Club. They were chosen randomly. The technique of data collection was documentary technique. The instrument of data collection was observation from the video recordings of four episodes of Indonesia Lawyers Club. They were analyzed by qualitative content analysis. The findings showed that 1) there were five types of politeness principle occurred, namely: tact maxim (obedience 3.13%, violation 51.56%), generosity maxim (obedience 23.44%, violation 0.00%), approbation maxim (obedience 1.04%, violation 2.08%), modesty maxim (obedience 1.04%, violation 0.00%), agreement maxim (obedience 11.98%, violation 5.73%), and sympathy maxim (obedience 0.00%, violation 0.00%). 2) The violation of tact maxim was dominantly occurred in interruptions. 3) The reasons for obeying and violating of politeness principle were to reduce competition between addressee’s purpose and what politeness claimed, to find out affable, to cause offence, to tease others, and to make a joke or humorous interruptions