Banter Politeness from Cultural Perspective (Analysis of Palembang Malay Language)

Abstract

This research examines the culture of politeness of speech acts banter in the Palembang language. This is a qualitative research by using an ethnographic communication approach that is applied to see the communication patterns in social groups, in this case the speech acts in bantering in the Palembang language. The techniques used for data collection are documentation of recordings, notes, and interviews. The results show that banter politeness for people in Palembang accumulated in several factors. In terms of banter (material), banter activities occur in almost all aspects of life because basically banter is explored from the phenomenon of the variety of life.


 


 


Keywords: culture of politeness, Palembang language, politeness banter

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