Realization of politeness in Ermato Tolantang Sansai novel Roy Ismail 1 , Nurizati 2 , Winda Azmi 3 , Witra Amelia 4 {student.unp.ac.id 1 , nurizzati2138@fbs.unp.ac.id 2 , windaazmy1991@gmail.com 3 witraamelia@student.unp.ac.id 3 } 1,2,3,4 Universitas Negeri Padang, Jl. Prof. Dr. Hamka Air Tawar Padang Sumatera Barat 25131, Indonesia Abstract.The purpose of this study is to provide a description of the realization of politeness in Ermanto Tolantang's novel Sansai in expressing the principle of courtesy in the use of language. This research is a qualitative descriptive study which is the object of this research is a form of speech in the form of the polite maxim in the novel Sansai by Ermanto Tolantang. Collecting data in this study by grouping using polite maximal analysis tables. The results of the discussion can be concluded that the realization of politeness in the novel Sansai by Ermanto Tolantang uses the principle of courtesy, namely Maximum Wisdom (Tact Maxim) totaling twelve data, Generosity Maxim totaling eight data, Appreciation Maxim seven data, Maxims of modesty seven data, Maximum praise of seven (Data) hearts (Modesty Maxim) nine data Maksim agreement (Agreement Maxim) sixteen data and Maksim sympathy (Sympathy Maxim) eleven data. So the data most often found in the realization of politeness in Ermanto Tolantang's Sansai novel is an agreement maxim. This result shows the use of courtesy in 63 Ermanto Tolantang's novels of Sansai and is included in the "good enough". Keywords:Realization, politeness, and Sansai novel 1. Introduction The poverty experienced by Emak Naimah's family and her daughter Berlian in the coastal village, Negeri Sepuluh Nation. The longer life sansai when his father left his famous triggers went to neighboring Malaysia. In addition, Diamond's house and land must be executed by the court and expelled immediately from the coastal village. The living conditions that sansai has, the family of Buya Bahar sincerely invites Berlian and Emak Naimah to ensure his love for a village girl named Nurlela, the son of Buya Bahar, whom he has long desired. To change his destiny and to improve his dignity and life, Berlian decided to migrate and replace Nurlela to anchor their love into a more serious relationship, namely in marriage. Mother of Diamonds is entrusted so that in Perantuana look for relatives from Pariaman because Grandma Berlian has also been driven out of her home country. As for the conflict that was violated by the Berlian family, it had to be expelled from Pariaman and Negeri Sepuluh Nation. Research on politeness in language has been carried out in various countries. A number of literature reviews were conducted, research on language politeness was conducted by. Research conducted by [2]) in Thailand reveals that someone who asks politely will tend to get polite answers to the questions they ask. These findings support the statement [3] in Canada. [3] found that choosing the right way of speaking can build solidarity in communication. Based on this, it is suspected that the speech partner can be polite in the language, of course, the speaker who starts the conversation must be polite in the language first. In Indonesia, [4] examined the object of major studies as revealing the style of language, types of speech acts, speech strategies and politeness principles as well as the level of ICLLE 2019, July 19-20, Padang, Indonesia Copyright © 2019 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.19-7-2019.2289526