International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention 9(04): 6952-6967, 2022 DOI: 10.18535/ijsshi/v9i04.08 ISSN: 2349-2031 https://valleyinternational.net/index.php/theijsshi 6952 International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention, Vol. 9, Issue 04, April, 2022 The Use of Honorifics in Islamic Boarding Schools as a Form of Maintaining a Culture of Courtesy 1 Bambang Wibisono, 2 Akhmad Haryono, 3 Firman Maulana Fadlil 1,2,3 Magister of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Jember Key words: honorific, Islamic boarding schools, speech level, phatic marker Introduction: Jember is known as the city of santri or the city of Islamic boarding schools because of the large number of Islamic boarding schools, which are spread out in rural areas as well as in urban areas. This title is not surprising because Jember has the most Islamic boarding schools in East Java, which amounted to 611 Islamic boarding schools (Anonymous, 2019). In each of the 32 sub-districts in Jember Regency, various Islamic boarding schools have been established, both salaf (traditional) and modern. This has had an impact on the existence of a pesantren culture that maintains religious values and politeness which affects the use of honorifics. Pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) is an Islamic educational institution where to learn, understand, appreciate, and practice the teachings of Islam. Moral education, which is commonly called morality, is the main thing that is taught, in order to produce students who can speak well and ethically which is a reflection of the implementation of politeness values (Dhofier, 1994: 84). Therefore, every member in the Islamic boarding schools environment has awareness and responsibility personally and personally Together to maintain politeness towards fellow community members. The Muslim community in the Islamic boarding school consists of: santri (student), ustadz (teacher), kyai (founder or caretaker of the boarding school), mother nyai (kyai's wife), lora (kyai's son) and nèng (kyai's daughter). In Jember, Islamic boarding school is one of the institutions or institutions that become a strong forum in maintaining local culture, traditions, and also the use of politeness in language. Of course, like other communities, every individual in the Islamic boarding schools community also desires harmony, concern, tolerance, mutual respect, and mutual respect for one another. One way to do this is to be polite in language. The language used must be in accordance with applicable norms and rules, because Islamic boarding schools have values and norms that become conventions in the community. The values and Abstract: The use of honorifics is one aspect of politeness that must be adhered to in communicating at the Nurul Qurnain (NQ) Islamic Boarding Schools so that the relationship between members of the Islamic Boarding School community remains harmonious. This study aims to describe the forms of honorifics used at this Islamic boarding school and the factors behind their use. To achieve this goal, a qualitative approach is used. Data were collected by participating, listening, and speaking observation methods with recording and note-taking techniques. The data were analyzed using socio pragmatics theory. The research found that the honorific types used were greeting words, speech level, and phatic markers. The greeting words used include kinship greetings, second personal pronoun greetings, title greetings, and professional or position greetings. Because the NQ Islamic Boarding School community uses Madurese (Bahasa Madura/BM) for their communication, the speech level of this community consists of enje'-iye (E-I), engghi-enten (E-E), and engghi-bhunten (E-B). E-I and E-E are recognised as ordinary variety and E-B as high variety). The phatic markers used are pure phatic and polar phatic. The determinants of the use of honorifics are age differences, social status, social distance, situations, habits, and learning. The use of honorific is also a form of maintaining a culture of courtesy in the Islamic boarding school environment.