Impoliteness Strategies in Children’s Fiction Taught at Private Schools in Sialkot

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the impolite strategies in children’s fiction taught at private schools in Sialkot. In this regard, by using purposive sampling; three readers: ‘The Secret Garden’, ‘Swiss Family Robinson’ and ‘Robinson Crusoe’ were selected for analysis. Data was analyzed qualitatively through the Culpeper (1996) model of impoliteness in this study. The findings reveal that the most common impoliteness strategy used in these fictions were impoliteness super strategies. Impoliteness super strategies were positive impoliteness, negative impoliteness, bald on record and bald off record strategy. These impolite strategies create a bad impact on children’s mental health and influence children’s behavior and social interactions negatively.  In the light of findings, the researchers recommended that politeness strategies should be used in children’s fiction to promote positive social behaviors in children’s. This will help children to develop better communication skills.