A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN THE GREATEST SHOWMAN SONG “A MILLION DREAM” = A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN THE GREATEST SHOWMAN SONG “A MILLION DREAM”

ANNISAA AMALIA DEFIANA YUSNA: Pragmatic Study of Politeness Strategies in The Greatest Showman song “A Million Dream” (Supervised by Abidin Pammu and Ainun Fatimah).
This research explores politeness strategies in the form of writing on a song in The Greatest Showman entitled A Million Dream. The main aim of this research is to identify the types of politeness used to reduce errors in the reader's or listener's perception. This research explains the function of politeness as part of a politeness strategy by using linguistic properties and pragmatic domains. The primary data for this research was obtained from written material of selected songs from YouTube channels as well as supporting material from internet sources. The analysis use descriptive methods and content analysis. The results of data analysis show that the lyrics of the song in A Million Dream use various politeness strategies. This means that the use of politeness intended by the author to increase the artistic power of the song as a work of art.