A STUDY OF GENDER-POLITE QUESTION AT THE RADIO PROGRAM OF ORDERING SONG

Abstract

The aim of this research is to know the politeness and the polite menner of women and men when using information seeking questioning. The research is designed by using descriptive qualitative research. The sources of the data in this research are refers to the audiences and announcers in the conversation while ordering the song in the radio. The object of the research is the utterances of audiences and announcers in ordering the song. This study was conducted in the three radio stations participants were of a similar age, consisting of 5 males and 8 females. The gender of the announcers was not controlled. The finding of this research is both women used very polite and polite manner to women and used polite manner to men. While Men used very polite and polite manner to women and used polite and average manner to men and  it showed that women used 3 up to 5 morphemes to women and  4 up to 8 morphemes to men. Men used 3-7 morphemes to women and 2 up to 4 morphemes to men.