239. Name: Taha Mahmood Taha Title: Arab Celebrities’ Politeness Strategies in Selected ‘Talk to Al Jazeera’ Talk Shows Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia Country: Malaysia Date: 2018 Language: English Abstract: When people communicate, they usually perform various speech acts such as giving compliments, apologizing, thanking, and making requests. The performance of these speech acts most often involves different types of politeness strategies. This research investigates how Arabs use English language in TV talk shows to express politeness. The main purpose of this study is to classify the speech act categories and analyze the politeness strategies performed by Arab guests and celebrities in television talk shows. Seven episodes from the ‘Talk to Al Jazeera’ programme were downloaded from YouTube and transcribed by the researcher. The collected data was analyzed according to Searle’s speech act theory and Brown and Levinson politeness theory. The study used qualitative methodology and discourse analysis to analyze data. The research findings revealed that Arab celebrities tend to use more positive politeness strategies than other strategies. It also showed that they used representative speech acts more than the other categories. Arab celebrities tend to use narrative during talk shows as well as the inclusive (i.e., we) form to include both the speaker and the hearer in the activity during their speech.
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