Muhammad Yusuf Alif Rifqi, Dr. Andika Dutha Bachari, S.Pd., M.Hum, Dadang Sudana, M.A.,Ph.D.
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung 40154, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
This research is motivated by the high number of defamation cases leading to criminal cases in Indonesia. The aim of this study is to identify the impoliteness speech acts used by netizens on the social media platform Facebook. This research employs 5 impoliteness strategies as proposed by Culpeper: Bald on record, Positive Impoliteness, Negative Impoliteness, Sarcasm or Mockery, and Withhold Politeness, supported by Brown and Levinson’s theory of face-threatening acts. The findings of this study indicate that the Negative Impoliteness strategy is the most frequently used impoliteness speech act, accounting for 35% of occurrences, while the Withhold Politeness strategy is the least used with only 5% of occurrences. Commentators tend to utilize the Negative Impoliteness strategy to criticize individuals who have attacked the collective face of their community.
Keywords: Speech Acts, Impoliteness, Face Threatening Acts