CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1 Conclusions
After analyzing the Sheryl Sandberg’s interview transcript entitled ‘Now is Our Time,’ there are some conclusions that can be drawn as below:
1. There are 103 utterances that are classified as direct speech acts and this type
of speech acts is the most dominant type of speech act that is used in the interview transcript. The direct speech act are classified again into direct
speech acts in declarative sentence type as an assertion 101 utterances and direct speech acts in imperative sentence type as a request 2 utterances. The
most dominant type of direct speech acts is direct speech acts in declarative sentence type as an assertion and it is divided again into direct speech acts in
declarative sentence type as an assertion about women 27 utterances, about the speaker herself, Sheryl Sandberg 27 utterances, about society 7
utterances, about Facebook 2 utterances, about Sheryl Sandberg’s book 2 utterances, about the media 2 utterances, and about other topics 34
utterances. The most dominant type of direct speech acts which is produced in declarative sentence type as an assertion is direct speech acts in declarative
sentence type as an assertion about women and the speaker herself, Sheryl Sandberg.
2. There are 16 utterances that are classified as indirect speech acts and the
indirect speech acts are classified again into indirect speech acts in declarative sentence type as a request 13 utterances, indirect speech acts in
declarative sentence type as a promise 1 utterance, indirect speech acts in interrogative sentence type as a request 1 utterance, and indirect speech acts
in interrogative sentence type as an assertion 1 utterance. The most dominant type of indirect speech acts is indirect speech acts in declarative
sentence type as a request and it is divided again into indirect speech acts in declarative sentence type as a request for women 7 utterances and for
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society 6 utterances. The most dominant type of indirect speech acts which is produced in declarative sentence type as a request is indirect speech acts in
declarative sentence type as a request for women.
5.2 Suggestions
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