Measuring Positive Impoliteness In Religious Discourse Using The Jonathan Culpeper Scale

Abstract

As a discourse produced through language, the Friday sermon can potentially be used as a research object in pragmatic studies. Pragmatic studies that can be carried out in religious discourse include politeness and impoliteness. Other researchers generally examine politeness in spiritual lessons because the speech normatively uses polite language to represent teachings. On the other hand, according to researchers, research related to impoliteness in religious discourse has yet to be widely studied. Based on these assumptions, this study aims to measure the impoliteness of the Friday sermon discourse at mosques affiliated with the three largest religious organizations in Pekalongan City. The research method used in this study is descriptive qualitative by utilizing a pragmatic approach and Jonathan Culpeper's impoliteness scale to measure the impoliteness of his discourse. The results of this study indicate that impoliteness represented through the Friday sermon discourse includes (a) speakers intentionally cornering the interlocutor or speech partner, (b) the speaker's emotional drive, and (c) the speaker deliberately accusing the opponent or speech partner. Speech partner. Even though, based on the data and analysis findings, there is impoliteness, the discourse is still included in the category of positive impoliteness when measured through Culpeper's perspective.