THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE APOLOGY ON FACEBOOK AMONG STUDENTS OF GANESHA UNIVERSITY 2009/2010
By :
I Kd. Soma Aryantha
ABSTRACT
To having interaction, sometimes people make mistake that might hurt people and make the relationship going bad. To repairing that broken, we need apology to keep the relationship going well. Therefore, the writer was interested to study about the language apology of online world that is Facebook.
The subject of this study is the Students of Ganesha University 2009/2010 and Analyzed by using Blum- Kulka strategies of apology. The purpose of the study are find out (1) the strategies of apology are used on Facebook by students of Ganesha University based on Blum-Kulka theory (2) the pragmatic expressions are meant by students of Ganesha University in apologizing on Facebook (3) types of gender variations in the use of strategies of apology are showed on Facebook by students of Ganesha University.
The result showed (1) the uses of Overt Apology and Taking on Responsibility are mostly used by students of Ganesha University on Facebook and the strategies of Shifting of blame (denial of responsibility), Attacking the complainer and Justification are rare used (2) many apologies were verbalized because the apologizers like to deal with their problem directly. However, some others used ambiguous apology because the apologizers wanted to protect themselves from being accused of guilt (3) In gender variations of strategy used, the result showed that men used the expression of lack of intent more than women in their apology; men used the expression of explanation more than women; and men used the verbalization of offense more than women.
The writer hopes that this study will give any information about the ways of apologizing and give a contribution in people daily interaction.
Keywords: Facebook, Apology.
