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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Russian Journal of Linguistics</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2687-0088</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2686-8024</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">44887</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2687-0088-37907</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">KVNRMN</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Impoliteness in Javanese: Beyond breaching honorifics</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Невежливость в яванском языке: за пределами непочтительного обращения</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title/></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6272-9727</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Wijayanto</surname><given-names>Agus</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Виджаянто</surname><given-names>Агус</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Associate Professor in the Department of English Education at Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia. He earned his PhD in applied linguistics from the University of Aberdeen, UK, in 2012. His primary research focuses on the use of politeness and impoliteness among native speakers and second language learners.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент кафедры преподавания английского языка Университета Мухаммадии в Суракарте, Индонезия. Получил степень PhD в области прикладной лингвистики в 2012 году в Абердинском университете (Великобритания). Его научные исследования посвящены использованию вежливости и невежливости в различных языковых контекстах</p></bio><email>aw213@ums.ac.id</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Мухаммадии в Суракарте</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-06-28" publication-format="electronic"><day>28</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>386</fpage><lpage>408</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-07-08"><day>08</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Wijayanto A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Виджаянто А.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2025, Wijayanto A.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Wijayanto A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Виджаянто А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Wijayanto A.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/44887">https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/44887</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Despite extensive studies on the correlation between breaches of Javanese linguistic etiquette and perceived impoliteness, scant scholarly attention has been given to understanding impoliteness resulting from violations of tata krama (‘proper social conduct’). The objective of this research was to identify the perspectives on impoliteness held by Javanese individuals, with a particular emphasis on the transgression of tata krama . Narrative inquiry was employed to collect the data of impoliteness events experienced by 158 native speakers of Javanese in Central Java, Indonesia. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken to examine impoliteness incidents they encountered in their daily lives. Thematic analysis, adopted from Braun and Clarke (2006), was utilised to analyse the collected data. The study found several overarching characteristics of impoliteness: breaches of honorifics, conduct against andhap asor (‘self-deprecation’), conduct against lembah manah (‘emotional restraint’), conduct against empan papan (‘decorum’), conduct of ora grapyak (‘unfriendliness’), conduct attacking self-worth and emotional well-being which formed the basis of Javanese impoliteness. This study reveals that impoliteness, as perceived by native Javanese, is characterised by a critical assessment of co-participants’ linguistic behaviour resulting from violations of linguistic etiquette and a lack of understanding. It manifests in two categories: unintentional and intentional. The study contributes to the understanding of Javanese impoliteness by exploring aspects beyond honorific language violations. It demonstrates how breaches in social behaviours and language etiquette can affect emotional well-being and social standing, leading to impolite communication.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Несмотря на существующие исследования, посвященные взаимосвязи между нарушениями яванского речевого этикета и невежливостью, пониманию невежливости, возникающей в результате нарушения tata krama (‘надлежащего социального поведения’), уделяется недостаточно внимания. Цель данного исследования - выявить представления яванцев о невежливости с особым акцентом на нарушении tata krama . Для сбора данных о случаях проявления невежливости, с которыми столкнулись 158 носителей яванского языка в повседневной жизни, был использован нарративный опрос и полуструктурированные интервью. Собранные данные изучались с применением тематического анализа, заимствованного из (Braun &amp; Clarke 2006). Исследование выявило несколько характеристик яванской невежливости, которые составляют ее основу: несоблюдение почтительного обращения; поведение, противоречащее andhap asor (‘самоуничижение’); поведение, противоречащее lembah manah (‘эмоциональная сдержанность’); поведение, нарушающее empan papan (‘приличия’); поведение ora grapyak (‘недружелюбие’); поведение, наносящее ущерб самооценке и эмоциональному состоянию. Результаты показывают, что в восприятии носителей яванского языка невежливость характеризуется критической оценкой речевого поведения собеседников в результате нарушения речевого этикета и отсутствия понимания. Она бывает двух типов: преднамеренная и непреднамеренная. Данное исследование расширяет понимание яванской невежливости, так как не ограничивается нарушением почтительного обращения, и демонстрирует, как нарушения социального поведения и языкового этикета могут влиять на эмоциональное состояние и социальное взаимодействие.</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"/><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>linguistic etiquette</kwd><kwd>linguistic etiquette violations</kwd><kwd>impoliteness</kwd><kwd>understanding of impoliteness</kwd><kwd>honorific transgressions</kwd><kwd>Javanese</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>речевой этикет</kwd><kwd>нарушение речевого этикета</kwd><kwd>невежливость</kwd><kwd>понимание невежливости</kwd><kwd>непочтительное обращение</kwd><kwd>яванский язык</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Allan, Keith. 2016. A benchmark for politeness. 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