A Pragmatic Analysis of Prophet's Conversations in Surah Yusuf Relying on the "Politeness Theory" of Brown and Levinson

The dialogue element can be analyzed as a narrative component and a communication category in many texts. Dialogue is one of the important elements of the Quran, which has been employed in various ways based on different aspects, such as the type of speaker and audience, subject, and purpose. One of these approaches, which analyzes human communication and conversation from the perspective of language usage, is the theory of politeness, which has a linguistic approach to politeness and is, in a way, complementary to the principles of Grace's cooperation. One of the most complete theories of politeness is the theory of Brown and Levinson, which proposes a comprehensive plan about the types of expression based on the category of politeness. This research analyzes the strategies and sub-strategies of the theory of politeness in Surah Yusuf with a descriptive-analytical method and analyzes the various dimensions of direct, indirect, negative, positive politeness, and politeness resulting from the lack of linguistic action in the dialogues of this Surah. In addition, the interpretative supports of the theory of politeness regarding the conversations of this surah will be considered and finally, the frequency of each positive and negative politeness strategy will be presented in graphs and statistical tables that show the dominance of politeness over conversations. The core research question is to determine the frequency, centrality, and interpretive underpinnings of each type of politeness and its strategies. This is based on the finding that positive politeness is the most frequently used form in this surah, while non-verbal politeness is the least common. Furthermore, positive politeness serves as a dominant and effective tool in the discourses of Surah Yusuf, whereas non-verbal politeness has the least impact.

کلیدواژه ها:

Quranic Dialogues ، Surah Yusuf ، Language Pragmatics ، Theory of Literature ، Brown and Levinson