Impoliteness Strategies of Whatsapp Group Speech Community related to Local Government Policy in Handling Covid-19 Virus

Abstract

When some speakers purposively use Politeness Strategy to avoid attacking hearers’s by creating FTA, some other intentionally apply Impoliteness Strategy to insult hearers causing FTA. An interesting use of Impoliteness Strategy is seen in Whatsapp Group where speakers feels free to speak up in private and limited areas inside the Whatsapp Group. This research discuss how some speakers deliberately use Politeness Strategy in commenting local government policies related to Covid-19 safety protocol.