The Reaction to Apology in Indonesian Discourse

 by: Drs. Saddia Naizal Norewan

 The strategies used by the Indonesian can be classified into 5 reaction strategies ( jawaban-jawaban dari permintaan maaf yang populer dalam Bhs Indonseia ada 5),  there are :

1.                  Acceptance (e.g. ‘tidak apa-apa’ It doesn’t matter).

2.                  Non acceptance (e.g. ‘tidak’ No)

3.                  Acceptance with (condition e.g. I accept your apology but promise me)

4.                  Back channeling (e.g. hmm)

5.                  Suspect (e.g. ‘kenapa salah melulu?’ Why you are always wrong ?)