Impoliteness in Social Media: A case study of Algerian Arabic Facebook comments

Abstract

The study investigates impoliteness in Facebook comments responding to a post about Algerian athlete Imane Khelif. The research aims to identify the most common impoliteness strategies present in the comments by using Culpeper's (2011) framework. The study also aims to explain the relationship between impoliteness and morality since, in such cases, impoliteness is used as a correction mechanism for perceived violation of moral order.