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The Politeness of Expressive Acts in the Discourse of the Education Online News Comment Column

Authors
Ulya Nurul Alimah1, *, Harun Joko Prayitno1
1Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: a310190093@student.ums.ac.id
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Ulya Nurul Alimah
Available Online 28 March 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-386-3_11How to use a DOI?
Keywords
speech acts; comments; politeness
Abstract

The aims of this research are (1) to show forms of expressive speech acts in online news comment columns on social media Instagram and YouTube; (2) explain the meaning of expressive speech acts in online news comment columns on social media Instagram and YouTube; (3) describe the polite language used by netizens in commenting on social media Instagram and YouTube. This research method is a descriptive method and uses a qualitative approach. This research focuses on expressive speech acts in online news comment columns on social media Instagram and YouTube. The data source was obtained from the comments column in online educational news accounts on social media Instagram and YouTube. Data collection techniques are documentation techniques, listening and note-taking techniques. A total of 34 post data were randomly selected in the comments. The results of this research were grouped into 6 (six) speech acts in the form of expressive speech acts of saying thank you 9%, hope 15%, criticizing 23%, complaining 26%, congratulating 18%, and praising 9%, thus the most expressive speech acts found were expressive speech acts of complaining and criticizing. This is because the average Indonesian people have the nature of finding it difficult to be grateful for blessings, difficult to be grateful, and difficult to give praise. In this research, 4 (four maxims) can be found, namely (1) maxim of wisdom; (2) maxim of sympathy; (3) maxim of appreciation; and (4) maxim of consensus.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Education for All (ICEDUALL 5 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 March 2025
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978-2-38476-386-3
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2352-5398
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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