Abstract
This study has investigated three Surahs from the Holy Quran, translated into English by Arberry (1955), in terms of the Politeness Principle proposed by Leech (1983). The study aimed to investigate the kinds of politeness maxims employed by the characters in the three Surahs in question. The intentions of the speakers in observing or flouting each of Leech’s politeness maxims have been categorized, including six maxims of the Politeness Principle: tact maxim, generosity maxim, approbation maxim, modesty maxim, agreement maxim, and sympathy maxim. The research had applied a mixed-methods approach in analyzing the obtained data. The data consisted of the utterances uttered by the characters in the three Surahs. After collecting the data, the data classified into six maxims of the Politeness Principle. Then, several conclusions had been drawn based on the research findings. The results of the study showed that the characters used six maxims: tact maxim, generosity maxim, approbation maxim, modesty maxim, agreement maxim, and sympathy maxim. Finally, the findings indicated that three maxims had been flouted by the characters: tact maxim, generosity maxim, and agreement maxim.
Highlights
Fraser (1983, p. 30) defines pragmatic competence as "the knowledge of how an addressee determines what a speaker is saying and recognizes the intended illocutionary force conveyed through subtle attitudes.” Without this knowledge, the cases that interlocutors cannot understand each other, and failure can happen in communication
This paper aims at investigating the Politeness Principle used by the main characters in the Holy Quran
The study was conducted by Handayani (2013), this study aims to investigate what kinds of Politeness Principles that are violated by the advertisement and to find out what is the intention of violating such principles
Summary
Fraser (1983, p. 30) defines pragmatic competence as "the knowledge of how an addressee determines what a speaker is saying and recognizes the intended illocutionary force conveyed through subtle attitudes.” Without this knowledge, the cases that interlocutors cannot understand each other, and failure can happen in communication. 30) defines pragmatic competence as "the knowledge of how an addressee determines what a speaker is saying and recognizes the intended illocutionary force conveyed through subtle attitudes.”. Without this knowledge, the cases that interlocutors cannot understand each other, and failure can happen in communication. One significant feature of pragmatic competence is politeness. Politeness is defined as "the expression of the speakers' intention to mitigate face threats carried by certain face-threatening acts to another" The strategies by which the interlocutors can mitigate threads carried by face-threatening acts, which are called politeness strategies. Within the last two decades, different studied were made by researchers to investigate the use of the Politeness Principle in texts and social media, whereas the Politeness Principle in religious texts is very rare
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