Language Politeness in Hanan Attaki's Religious Lecture

Abstract

The politeness of a preacher's language is important to study as the majority of Indonesians are Muslim, and preachers significantly influence societal behavior.. One of the preachers who has a big influence in Indonesia, especially young people, is Ustaz Hanan Attaki. This study aims to (1) describe the forms of politeness, (2) identify the factors leading to violations of politeness, and (3) explore the politeness strategies employed in Ustaz Hanan Attaki's religious lectures. This study is a qualitative descriptive study with data sources taken from three videos of Ustaz Hanan Attaki's religious lectures. The data collection techniques used are listening techniques, note-taking techniques, and data transcription techniques. The data analysis involved collecting videos, categorizing video data, sorting texts, synthesizing data, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study found that: (1) the form of politeness in Ustaz Hanan Ataki's language includes a scale of formality, a scale of indecisiveness, and a scale of peerism; (2) factors of violations of politeness in language include: direct criticism, accusing the interlocutor, and cornering the interlocutor; and (3) the language politeness strategies used are the main problem, method, and reason