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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis entitled "Indirect Refusal Strategies of the Main Characters
utterances in "A Walk to Remember" is a study of indirect refusal in one of
teenager films. This movie was created based on the novel "A Walk to
Remember" written by Nicholas Sparks and the screenplay produced by Karen
Janszen. Refusal may happen in daily conversation among people in their
relationship. Refusal happens because one of them cannot fulfil the request or
offer. The problem of this research is the change of feeling from Landon to
Jamie through refusals. In collecting the data, the writer used two stages, she
watched the film several times, and she transcribed it. In doing the analysis, she
also used four stages. First, she identified the first pair of refusal. Second, she
identified the refusal utterances. Third, she identified the indirect refusal
utterances and the last she analysed them. In this research, the writer found that
in the communication, the main characters used the first pair of refusal based on
Beebe and Takahashi (1985). The refusals are refusals of suggestion, request,
and invitation. Besides, she also found the three types of indirect refusal, which
are an expression of positive opinion, an expression of regret and an expression
of excuse, reason or explanation.