A socio-pragmatic analysis of impoliteness in Iraqi Arabic Facebook comments

Other Title(s)

تحليل اجتماعي- تداولي للتعليقات غير المؤدبة باللغة العربية-العراقية على الفيس بوك

Joint Authors

Husayn, Riyad Amin
al-Rassam, Eba Muzaffar Yahya

Source

Adab al-Rafidayn

Issue

Vol. 51, Issue 84، ج. 1(ملحق) (31 Mar. 2021), pp.1-20, 20 p.

Publisher

University of Mosul College of Arts

Publication Date

2021-03-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

20

Main Subjects

Arabic language and Literature

Topics

Abstract EN

This study aims at investigating Culpeper's (1996, 2005) impoliteness strategies by analyzing 300 Iraqi Arabic facebook comments (of which 150 comments are employed by males and 150 by females).

These comments are collected from Iraqi formal facebook pages.

It selects ten Arabic topics that come under the categories of entertainment, fashion, lifestyle, health, food, political state and social matters.

For the purpose of this study, impolite comments are chosen from online communication.

Our analysis demonstrates that all strategies of impoliteness are applicable in computer mediated communication except the one which is called "withhold politeness" that can be occurred only in face to face contact, not in written communication.

Moreover, the present study reveals a new strategy called "defamation" which is not part of Culpeper's strategies, but it occurs under the umbrella of impoliteness.

Finally, it was investigated that the most used strategy among Culpeper's strategies is "positive impoliteness" which is used by male participants more than females.

On the other hand, the less used strategy was

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Rassam, Eba Muzaffar Yahya& Husayn, Riyad Amin. 2021. A socio-pragmatic analysis of impoliteness in Iraqi Arabic Facebook comments. Adab al-Rafidayn،Vol. 51, no. 84، ج. 1(ملحق), pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1253713

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Rassam, Eba Muzaffar Yahya& Husayn, Riyad Amin. A socio-pragmatic analysis of impoliteness in Iraqi Arabic Facebook comments. Adab al-Rafidayn Vol. 51, no. 84, ج. 1(ملحق) (Mar. 2021), pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1253713

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Rassam, Eba Muzaffar Yahya& Husayn, Riyad Amin. A socio-pragmatic analysis of impoliteness in Iraqi Arabic Facebook comments. Adab al-Rafidayn. 2021. Vol. 51, no. 84، ج. 1(ملحق), pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1253713

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 19-20

Record ID

BIM-1253713