The purposes of this study were to describe the language politeness employed by
the major character in The Pride and Prejudice novel. The method used descriptive
qualitative. The instruments used observation notes, documents and table sheets.
Data collection was taken from electronic novel (e-novel). After analyzing, the
researcher discovered : first, 16 data of positive politeness strategies and 23 data of
negative politeness strategies which were consistent with Brown and Levinson's
theory, 10 positive types of politeness strategies the most often appears or were
used are : pay attention to the speaker’s (interest, wants, requirements,
commodities, etc.), increase the listener's interest in the speaker's contribution,
assert, promote, and presuppose shared ground, make an offer and a promise, when
the speaker truly means “you” or “me”, he can employ this strategy’s inclusive “us”
form to invoke the cooperative presumptions and rectify FTAs., give or ask for
explanations, insist on reciprocity, goods, sympathy, understanding, and
cooperation. 8 negative types of politeness strategies the most often appears or were
used are : adopt a customarily indirect stance, don't take compliance for granted.
ask, then hedge, express pessimism about your capacity or willingness, to reduce
the burden, be respectful, cite the FTAs as an illustration of a general principle,
declare yourself to have incurred a debt or to not have incurred one. Second, there
were three factors that influence the use of polite language, namely: Social distance,
Power and Degree of Impositions.