Politeness Markers in LPDP’s Social Media Postings

Abstract

This article analyses the politeness markers in LPDP’s social media postings. This study uses descriptive qualitative method. Data sources is from LPDP’s Instagram account postings from January to June 2024. The data was selected based on the relevance to the discussion topic. This study found that there were 5 types of politeness markers inserted into the utterance of each posting’s caption. The variety of the markers are mari, ayo/yuk, local greetings, cultural greetings, and downtoners. The use of these markers has softened the content of the captions, as well as avoid the pressure to the audience of LPDP