Situation 5: Rescheduling final exam -S, +I, -F Situation 6: Handing a tissue =S, -I, +F

situation, gender of the librarian is situated to be apparently vague. Hence, the title which is used by every INs varies across gender. Two INs say Alhamdulillah when they get their important books back. 325 Alhamdulillah is Islamic term which is used to praise the God as thanksgiving. AEs never praise the God when they have the books back. Similar to AEs, while expressing thanking, more than half of ELs never use any alerter strategy to address the librarian. 326 Unlike AEs and INs, besides thanking strategy, more than half of ELs use positive feeling strategy. 327 5. Situation 5: Rescheduling final exam -S, +I, -F In this situation, expression of gratitude is made by a person in lower-status student to a person in a higher-status professor as response to the high- imposition favor. Situated as a student, every participant is asked to give response to a professor, whom the student does not know very well, for permitting rescheduling the final exam. After permitted to reschedule, what is commonly expressed by all AEs, INs, and ELs to the professor is thanking strategy. 328 Besides thanking strategy, coming from ethnic groups and states in the US, more than half of AEs use appreciation strategy to explicitly appreciate the favor or the professor. 329 One Caucasian and Asian American AE appreciates the permission after expressing thanking: ―Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.‖ 330 325 Table 5.4 IN 5 and 8 Appendix 5 326 Table 5.4 EL 1, 4-10 Appendix 5 327 Table 5.4 EL 1-4, 6-8, 10 Appendix 5 328 Table 5.5 AE 1-10, IN 1-10, and EL 1-10 Appendix 5 329 Table 5.5 AE 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 10 Appendix 5 330 Table 5.5 AE 9 Appendix 5 There is no IN who uses appreciation. In accompanying thanking strategy, more than half of INs use at least one alerter in the subcategory of title to address the professor. 331 For example, in accompanying thanking strategy, one Javanese and Makasarese IN puts the name of the professor after mentioning the title: Similar to INs, in accompanying thanking strategy, more than half of ELs address the professor by at least one alerter in the subcategory of title. 332 Similar to AEs, half of ELs also use appreciation strategy. 333 After thanking strategy, one Buginese EL addresses the professor and states his appreciation: ―Thank you very much for allowing me to reschedule, Prof. Kasper. I truly appreciate it that despite your busy schedule . ...‖ 334 6. Situation 6: Handing a tissue =S, -I, +F In this situation, expression of gratitude is made by a person, who is situated to have equal-status with the interlocutor, as response to low-imposition favor. Situated as a student, every participant is asked to give response to a best friend for handing a tissue. After receiving the tissue, what is commonly expressed by all AEs, INs and ELs to their best friend is thanking strategy. 335 While expressing thanking strategy, coming from different ethnic groups and states in Indonesia, more than half of INs address hisher best friend by one alerter in the subcategory 331 Table 5.5 IN 1-5, and 7 Appendix 5 332 Table 5.5 EL 1-3, 5-8, 10 Appendix 5 333 Table 5.5 EL 2, 3, 5, 7, and 10 Appendix 5 334 Table 5.5 EL 2 Appendix 5 335 Table 5.6 AE 1-10, IN 1-10, EL 1-10 Appendix 5 of name. 336 After expressing thanking strategy, one Javanese IN addresses her best friend by using endearment term: ―Tengkyu say‖ ―Thank you dear‖ 337 In Cheng‘s taxonomy, endearment term in the expressions of gratitude is categorized as alerter in the subcategory of name. 338 In situation 6, more than half of AEs simply use thanking strategy. 339 One Indian and Caucasian AE simply expresses thanking strategy to his best friend after he gets the tissue: ―Thanks.‖ 340 Similar to INs, in accompanying thanking strategy, half of ELs address hisher best friend by using alerter in the subcategory of name. 341 For example, one Javanese EL mentions the name of her best friend after expressing thanking: ―Thanks, Sally‖ 342 Then, One Buginese EL also does it: ―Thanks, Sally.‖ 343 7. Situation 7: Lending a book +S, +I, -F