Impoliteness Strategies Used in The Algerian Series of Sultan Achour El Achar (2015-2017)

Abstract

This dissertation describes impolite acts performed in the Algerian TV series of Sultan Achour El Achar (2015-2017), using the pragmatic approach of Culpeper’s (1996) model of impoliteness. The aim of this research paper is to figure out what are the impoliteness strategies used in the series by the main character king Achour Ten, and their frequencies. Data was collected from YouTube. It was watched, written, and translated into English, applying in that, both qualitative and quantitative methods. Selected episodes from season one and two were analysed. The interpretation of the results of the present study have demonstrated that all the impoliteness strategies are used in the chosen data. Moreover, the results show that the ‘positive impoliteness’ is the very frequent impoliteness strategy in the series.