IMPOLITENESS STRATEGY BY THREE YEAR OLD CHILDREN

The objective of this descriptive qualitative were to discover: (1) the Impoliteness strategy, (2) The Process of impoliteness, and (3) Reasons for using language impoliteness strategies by children three year old. The data were taken from the observation of five children three-year old their daily activities investigators. The data are identified, analyzed and classified based on the theory of Culpeper (1996), Gleason and Ratner (1998: 285) in relation to the process of politeness language, Beebe (1995: 154) in relation to the function of irreverence Culpeper (1996). The findings of this study indicate that: 1) there are only four of five impoliteness strategies based on those theories Culpeper (1996) which is found on the fifth research subjects, namely (a) Bald on record impoliteness, (b) Positive impoliteness, (c) negative impoliteness, (d) withhold politeness. And the researcher did not find the sarcasm or mock politeness on the impoliteness strategies that used by children three year old; 2) The process of impoliteness strategies by children three year old, were found more Direct speech Act; and 3) and the reason of using of impoliteness strategies in everyday interactions by children three year old have the reasons, namely a) to vent the negative feelings, b) to threaten the target, c) toget attention, d) to show disrespected, e) To mock the target, f) to refuse, and g) to insult. Overall, the data indicate that impoliteness strategy as the communication used not only by adults but also used by children three year old, and this is the process of language acquisition in children. It is therefore expected that all participant involved in the process of language acquisition to pay attention to the effects of impoliteness strategy that are used by adults to the children.