POSITIVE POLITENESS IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC OF COVID-19 SPEECHES: A CONTRASTIVE STUDY

Authors

  • Qasim Abbas Dhayef Department of English, College of Education, University of Babylon
  • Haneen Abdul-Kareem Khudhair Department of English, College of Education, University of Babylon

Keywords:

Politeness, positive politeness, strategies and positive and negative face, concluded

Abstract

The present study aims at analyzing politeness in Arabic and English in the genre of Covid-19 speeches. More adequately, it comparatively highlights the positive politeness strategies that are used in English and Arabic speeches that are related to Covid-19. The theoretical background of politeness and its related concepts about the two languages will be presented. Brown and Levinson’s (1987) model of positive politeness strategies will be adopted to analyzing the data in question. The main findings of the present study are the strategy of exaggeration is mostly used by the speeches while the strategy of finding common ground is less used in both languages. It is concluded that the strategy of exaggeration is the appropriate one in comparison with the other strategies when talking about Covid-19 matters.

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2022-04-04

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Qasim Abbas Dhayef, & Haneen Abdul-Kareem Khudhair. (2022). POSITIVE POLITENESS IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC OF COVID-19 SPEECHES: A CONTRASTIVE STUDY. European Journal of Humanities and Educational Advancements, 3(4), 1-8. Retrieved from https://scholarzest.com/index.php/ejhea/article/view/2041

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Vol. 3 No. 4 (2022): EJHEA

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