The Use of Honorific in Islamic Boarding Schools as a Form of Maintaining a Culture of Courtesy

Abstract

Usage honorifics are one aspect of politeness that must be adhered to in communicating at the NQ Islamic Boarding Schools so that the relationship between members of the Islamic Boarding Schools community remains harmonious. This study aims to describe the forms of honorifics used in Islamic boarding schools NQ and the factors behind their use. To achieve this goal, a qualitative approach is used. Data were collected by participating, listening, and speaking observation methods with recording and note-taking techniques. The data were analyzed using socio pragmatics theory. The research found that the honorific types used were greeting words, speech level, and phatic markers. The greeting words used include kinship greetings, second personal pronoun greetings, title greetings, and professional or position greetings. The Madurese speech level (BM) used in the NQ Islamic Boarding School community is the speech level of enje'-iye (E-I), ngghi-enten (E-E), and ngghi-bhunten (E-E: ordinary variety and -B: high variety). The phatic markers used are pure phatic and polar phatic. The determinants of the use of honorifics are age differences, social status, social distance, situations, habits, and learning.