EXPLORING CODE-CROSSING: HIERARCHICAL POLITENESS IN BRITISH SOCIETY DEPICTED IN A MOVIE THE KING

This study investigated of code-crossing and hierarchical politeness in 15th-century English royal courts, as depicted in the film The King (2019) by using asymmetrical communication or code-crossing by Wadji, the concept of code-crossing as language choice reflecting social status, privilege, and i...

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Main Authors: Agustin Rohmahwati, Syafira Luthfiana, Syifa Salsabila, Jaufillaili Jaufillaili, Setia Budiyanti
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Published: Universitas Duta Bangsa Surakarta 2025-08-01
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Online Access:https://ojs.udb.ac.id/FRASA/article/view/5003
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author Agustin Rohmahwati
Syafira Luthfiana
Syifa Salsabila
Jaufillaili Jaufillaili
Setia Budiyanti
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description This study investigated of code-crossing and hierarchical politeness in 15th-century English royal courts, as depicted in the film The King (2019) by using asymmetrical communication or code-crossing by Wadji, the concept of code-crossing as language choice reflecting social status, privilege, and identity influenced by social rules, and strategy politeness by Brown & Levinson, which encompasses bald on record, negative politeness, positive politeness, and off-record strategies. This research aims to analyze how these linguistic phenomena manifest within the film's social dynamics. Employing a descriptive-qualitative research method with thematical analysis, which focuses on describing and explaining topics. The data is obtained from the dialogue in the movie script explore how social status and age influence language use. The result show lower and middle class (inferior) prefer to address the upper class (superior) in high code as a sign of respect whereas the upper class frequently use low code, furthermore the result of hierarchical politeness reveal that bald on record and negative politeness strategies are mostly used. These results underscore how communication practices are shaped by social hierarchies, consistent with the continued relevance of politeness in social interactions. This research contributes to the field of sociolinguistics by empirically demonstrating the interplay of code-crossing and politeness theory in historical film context.
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spelling doaj-art-4d1bf76f0d69482fb5688798b63be8f62025-08-20T03:46:32ZengUniversitas Duta Bangsa SurakartaFrasa2807-81952025-08-016210.47701/frasa.v6i2.5003EXPLORING CODE-CROSSING: HIERARCHICAL POLITENESS IN BRITISH SOCIETY DEPICTED IN A MOVIE THE KINGAgustin RohmahwatiSyafira LuthfianaSyifa SalsabilaJaufillaili JaufillailiSetia BudiyantiThis study investigated of code-crossing and hierarchical politeness in 15th-century English royal courts, as depicted in the film The King (2019) by using asymmetrical communication or code-crossing by Wadji, the concept of code-crossing as language choice reflecting social status, privilege, and identity influenced by social rules, and strategy politeness by Brown & Levinson, which encompasses bald on record, negative politeness, positive politeness, and off-record strategies. This research aims to analyze how these linguistic phenomena manifest within the film's social dynamics. Employing a descriptive-qualitative research method with thematical analysis, which focuses on describing and explaining topics. The data is obtained from the dialogue in the movie script explore how social status and age influence language use. The result show lower and middle class (inferior) prefer to address the upper class (superior) in high code as a sign of respect whereas the upper class frequently use low code, furthermore the result of hierarchical politeness reveal that bald on record and negative politeness strategies are mostly used. These results underscore how communication practices are shaped by social hierarchies, consistent with the continued relevance of politeness in social interactions. This research contributes to the field of sociolinguistics by empirically demonstrating the interplay of code-crossing and politeness theory in historical film context. https://ojs.udb.ac.id/FRASA/article/view/5003code-crossinghierarchyhigh-code low-codepolitenesssocioliguistic
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EXPLORING CODE-CROSSING: HIERARCHICAL POLITENESS IN BRITISH SOCIETY DEPICTED IN A MOVIE THE KING
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title EXPLORING CODE-CROSSING: HIERARCHICAL POLITENESS IN BRITISH SOCIETY DEPICTED IN A MOVIE THE KING
title_full EXPLORING CODE-CROSSING: HIERARCHICAL POLITENESS IN BRITISH SOCIETY DEPICTED IN A MOVIE THE KING
title_fullStr EXPLORING CODE-CROSSING: HIERARCHICAL POLITENESS IN BRITISH SOCIETY DEPICTED IN A MOVIE THE KING
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title_short EXPLORING CODE-CROSSING: HIERARCHICAL POLITENESS IN BRITISH SOCIETY DEPICTED IN A MOVIE THE KING
title_sort exploring code crossing hierarchical politeness in british society depicted in a movie the king
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