Impoliteness strategies used by Thomas Shelby in peaky blinders netflix series season 1 episode 4

This study aims to investigate the linguistic form and analyze the underlying meaning of impoliteness strategies by Jonathan Culpeper in the Peaky Blinders netflix series. The study was conducted by applying a descriptive qualitative research approach. The Impoliteness Strategy theory by Jonathan Culpeper (1996) was employed in this study to help the analysis. The data for this study were collected from the selected episodes of Peaky Blinders, which are season 1 episode 4. To collect the data, the researcher watched those episode several times in order to understand the plot. After that, conversations were transcribed, and footage was examined to guarantee transcription validity. The research focused on detecting linguistic forms of register within the selected episodes, which were classified by utterance. To analyze the data, the researcher focused on identifying linguistic forms of Impoliteness Strategies within the selected Peaky Blinders episodes. The study found that the Impoliteness Strategies used in Peaky Blinders consists of 5 types of Impoliteness Strategies and each Types of Impoliteness Strategies conduct Perlocutionary Act. There are Mock Politeness, Bald on Record Impoliteness, Negative Impoliteness, Positive Impoliteness, and Withhold politeness. In contrast, Thomas Shelby use utterance to influenced the interlocutor to do what Thomas Shelby said.