Tamaddun
Vol 16 No 2 (2017): December 2017

Apologizing in the Makassar Language: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Study on Politeness Strategies

Burhanuddin Burhanuddin (Akademi Bahasa Asing UMI)
Muhammad Arham (Akademi Bahasa Asing UMI)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Dec 2017

Abstract

PThis study aims to find variations in the language used by a group of people, especially the Ma-kassar language. The author is interested in finding several ways to apologize in the Makassarlanguage in the context of different situations. The author uses semi-structural interviews inobtaining the data, and has interviewed 3 (three) people who work in the field of culture andhistory at the Lagaligo Museum in the South Sulawesi Archaeological Office. The data foundhas shown that it is interesting to know a number of ways to apologize in the Makassar languageand in different situations, and integrated with language items, speech communities, languagevariations and standard languages. And the most prominent is the variety of languages used inapologizing such as visiting someone, eating and drinking, social interactions such as marriage,apologizing for an error, and others.

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tamaddun-life

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Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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Tamaddun is a multidisciplinary peer reviewed and open access journal in language, literature, and culture. The aim is to publish conceptual and research articles that explore the application of any language in teaching and the everyday experience of language in education. Its scope is international ...