An Investigation into the Kolah Ghermezi and Pesarkhaleh movie from “politeness” Perspective

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University of Medical Sciences of Shiraz

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 Abdollahi* E. Amalsaleh** M. Mohagheghzade***
Paramedical School of Shiraz
 
Abstract:
Politness theory was used to analyze the movie,  Kolah Ghermezi and Pesar Khaleh (a Persian movie bestseller). The present study investigated the speech manner of one the most popular characters of children’s TV series, commonly known as “Kolah Ghermezi”. Furthermore, it studied the speech manner of MR. Mojri (literary, moderator), as the second character in this movie. It was observed that, except for one time when Kolah Ghermezi used performative, contributing to the comic atmosphere of the movie, he observed the politeness scales to the acceptable level. On the other hand, based on the scale introduced by the politeness theory, the manner of speech used by Mr. Mojri, as an adult character and one who tended to teach codes of conduct to children, failed to be acceptable.
 
 
 
* Associate Prof. of Persian language and literature, manijeh.abdolahi@gmail.com
** Assistant Prof. of  Persian Language and Literature, asalehe@yahoo.com
***Assistant Prof.of  Information and Communications Technology,mohaghegh80@yahoo.com

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  • Receive Date: 24 February 2015
  • Accept Date: 24 February 2015

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