A pragmatic analysis of women and angry speech: case study of the Saudi Arabian Takki series

Farafishah, Nailah and Haeruddin, Haeruddin and Haeruddin, Ilham Ramadhan and Ahmad, Muhammad Anwar (2025) A pragmatic analysis of women and angry speech: case study of the Saudi Arabian Takki series. Alsina: Journal of Arabic Studies, 7 (2). pp. 201-230. ISSN 2622-6138 E-ISSN 2622-6146

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Abstract

This study aims to reveal the forms of illocutionary acts and impoliteness strategies in anger utterances directed at women in the Saudi Arabian series Takki. In Arab culture, angry utterances are not merely emotional expressions but serve as tools for enforcing social norms and patriarchal control. This research employs a descriptive qualitative method with a pragmatic approach. The data, consisting of dialogue excerpts, were analyzed using Searle's speech act theory and Culpeper's theory of impoliteness. The results show that anger utterances in Takki are dominated by directive, expressive, commissive, and declarative acts, accompanied by impoliteness strategies, including insults, prohibitions, threats, and verbal abuse. These utterances reflect unequal power relations between men and women and reinforce patriarchal structures in Saudi society. This study confirms that language functions as a significant tool of social control in cultures where family honor is paramount. By uncovering the pragmatic mechanisms that sustain gendered communication hierarchies, this research contributes to the broader understanding of how linguistic behavior reinforces social ideologies within both pragmatic and sociocultural theoretical frameworks

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Gender Ideology, Impoliteness, Patriarchal Control, Pragmatics, Social Domination
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > P94 Communication and Islam P Language and Literature > PJ Semitic > PJ6001 Arabic P Language and Literature > PJ Semitic > PJ6001 Arabic > PJ6073 Language
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Arabic Language and Literature
Depositing User:	Dr. Muhammad Anwar Ahmad
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2025 14:54
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2025 14:54
Queue Number:	2025-12-Q628
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/125333

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