Language Politeness and Speech Function

Khaerudin Kurniawan; Amanda Maharani; Dadang S. Anshori

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Language Politeness and Speech Function

A Case of Public Figures in Indonesia

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Khaerudin Kurniawan¹^{, *}, Amanda Maharani¹, Dadang S. Anshori¹

¹Faculty of Language and Literature Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia

^*Corresponding author. Email: khaerudinkurniawan1@gmail.com

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Khaerudin Kurniawan

Available Online 26 February 2024.

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Keywords: Language politeness; public figures; speech behavior; speech function
Abstract: This research aims to describe speech behavior and politeness in the language of Indonesian public figures. Public figures are people who are known and influenced by the broader community, and must always maintain their actions and speech in communication because they can become a concern and role model for the community. This research used a qualitative approach with a descriptive analysis method. Data were collected from the YouTube channel Indonesia Lawyers Club using purposive sampling techniques. The speeches were analyzed using language politeness principles by Leech (1993) and speech function parameters by Searle (1975). The results of the study show that (1) there is compliance with the maxim of tact, generosity, approbation, modesty, agreement, and sympathy. (2) there is a violation of the maxim of tact, approbation, modesty, agreement, and sympathy. (3) there are speech functions stating, asking, ordering, apologizing, and criticizing. Through this research, it is hoped to show the bigger picture of how Indonesian people use language politeness in communicating.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2023)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 26 February 2024
ISBN: 10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_34
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_34 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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