Gender Role and Politeness Strategies Used by Banjareseand American

This study aimed 1) to find the politeness strategy that is used by Banjarese and American to their relatives by using Yassi system of politeness which adaption from Brown and Levinson and Scollon and Scollon by adding Kinship (K) 2) to discover the influence of gender in using politeness strategy among Banjarese and American. The source of data was utterances by Banjarese and American. It used politeness theory of Brown & Levinson; Bald on-record, Positive, Negative, and Off-record. The study used descriptive qualitative method and the data were the transcription of utterances by Banjarese and American. The result of the study found that that Banjarese used positive politeness, negative politeness, and off-record to their relatives. Banjarese male paid more respect to their relatives in using politeness strategy. Banjarese female concentrated on expressing their personal feeling and better at giving compliment. In addition, American tend to use positive politeness,negative politeness, and bald on record. While American male often use politeness marker to address their interlocutor to make the interlocutor feel accepted. Furthermore, American female tend to exaggerate their utterance which make the interlocutor feel accepted and appreciated. This study is able to encourage the society to apply the politeness in better way which creates the harmony in the social interaction