4.2.2 Indirect Speech Acts in Declarative sentence type as a Promise
1. Im trying to add to that side of the debate.
Declarative sentence type; Promise
The utterance above is produced in declarative sentence type which has function as a promise or as a commitment of the speaker to an action that is the
speaker, Sheryl Sandberg promises that she will try to add to that side of women debate. It can be seen from the context that Sheryl Sandberg is trying to
add to that side of women debate and she is still trying until now and then. She is an outspoken advocate for women aspiring to leadership positions and she is
still fighting for women to get the same opportunities like men in leadership side. So, it can be concluded that the utterance is produced not only as an
assertion to show that she is trying now but also as a promise that she will trying. The speaker doesn’t say her promise directly. She says her promise
indirectly by saying what she is doing now. Based on the sentence type and the function, the utterance is an indirect speech act.
4.2.3 Indirect Speech Acts in Interrogative sentence type as a Request
1. Do we really believe men are natural leaders and women are not?
Interrogative sentence type; Request
The utterance above is produced in interrogative sentence type which has function as a request for society. The person deixis ‘we’ refers to society.
The speaker uses the utterance to request society indirectly to think again about the perception that men are natural leaders and women are not. She request
society indirectly by giving a question about the perception that society usually have. Sheryl Sandberg doesn’t need an answer for this question. She asks the
question as her answer for the interviewer question. She gives her answer by saying a question which the question is actually an indirect request for society.
She doesn’t request them directly but instead request them indirectly by questioning the society perceptions about men and women. Sheryl Sandberg
doesn’t believe that men are natural leaders and women are not. She believes that both women and women can be a leader. It means that Sandberg doesn’t
need to be included in the utterance because it is contextually inappropriate.
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She still used the word ‘we’ to make the utterance sounds more polite. Based on the sentence type and the function, the utterance is an indirect speech act.
4.2.4 Indirect Speech Acts in Interrogative sentence type as an Assertion
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