Politeness Levels of Thanking and Apologizing: A Corpus Linguistic Investigation Across Generations in the Movies
Ari Muhammad Syifa,
Dasril Davidra,
Almira Fidela Artha
Abstract:The levels of politeness in expressing thanking and apologizing connect to the concept of language attitude within sociolinguistics. Language attitude in sociolinguistics refers to an individual’s mental disposition or feelings towards a particular language. It implies that a person's language attitude can range from being favorable, and indifferent, to unfavorable influenced by the environment. Based on the corpus linguistics, this study aimed to investigate politeness levels of thanking and apologizing in Am… Show more
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