A Pragmatic Analysis of Politeness and Impoliteness Theory in TikTok

Journal: Journal of Higher Education Research DOI: 10.32629/jher.v3i1.661

Ye Zhao

School of International Studies, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang, China

Abstract

Natural language is a combination of polite speech and impolite speech, while politeness is to behave in a decent and thoughtful manner towards other individuals, impoliteness shows people's contempt and dissatisfaction. As the Internet advances, impolite speech occurs increasingly. Thus, this research aims at furthering politeness and impoliteness analysis, then let people have a deeper understanding of polite and impolite speeches in an international short video platform — TikTok.

Keywords

politeness theory, impoliteness theory, impoliteness strategies, comments and replies, TikTok, pragmatic function

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