Data Trustworthiness RESEARCH METHOD
can, could, and will in the form of question to exhibit a protective orientation toward hisher own face that heshe does not take compliance for granted.
The second prominent types of request are unconventionally indirect request and conventionally indirect request speaker-based condition. They occur 6 times out
of 38 data with the percentage of 18.42 out of 100. The characters employ unconventionally indirect request because heshe tries to imply to hisher hearer what
heshe wants without formulating the request directly in hisher utterances. Following unconventionally indirect request, there is conventionally indirect request speaker-
based. The characters choose to focus on speaker-based condition by formulating wants-statements in their request because they want their requests more direct in
demand. Finally in the last rank, there is direct request. It occurs 6 times with the
percentage of 15.79. The reason is that saying in direct request is not effective to make request for the hearer to comply the desired act. The characters makes request
with direct request because heshe wants to state hisher intention explicitly by employing performative verbs and imperative statements. The characters use this type
when compliance from the hearer is expected because the favour asked usually carries a low degree of imposition.
In relation to the strategies of making request, it can be clearly seen that questioning hearer`s ability and willingness become the most dominant form with 15
39.47 out of 38 utterances. The reason is that the characters often make their
request indirectly in the form of question since the condition of this strategy refers to the hearer`s capacity to perform the desired act. By asking a question as a request, the
characters want to show that they want to show they do not give any assumption that what they expected should be carried out. Then, hints come in the second position
with 7 18.42 out of 38 utterances. In applying this strategy, the speaker hides hisher request and heshe does not mention the request directly in the utterances. By
making a statement or asking a question, the speaker tries to imply to the hearer what heshe wants.
The third position is placed by statements of speaker`s needs and demands. In Office Space`s script there are 6 15.79 out of 38 expression of this strategy
employed by the characters. The speaker states his or her request with this strategy because heshe wants to make hisher request more demanding by placing hisher
interest above his or her hearers. Meanwhile, suggestory formulae, statements of obligations and necessities, and imperatives share the fourth place with 3 7.9 out
of 38 expressions. By employing suggestory formulae, the speaker puts hisher request in the form of suggestion e.g. How about and Why don`t you since the
condition of this strategy refers to the hearer`s capacity to perform the desired act. Next, the speaker makes hisher request with statements of obligations and necessities
because heshe is in the situation in which the request is refused. The characters who employ imperatives are less polite and direct.
As for fifth position, there is statements of speaker`s wishes and desires. In Office Space`s script there is 1 2.63 out of 38 expressions employed by the
characters. In this strategy, the requester`s desire is the central. The speaker usually expresses hisher request with this strategy in a polite way so that the hearer does not
feel imposed complying the desired act. Performatives stand in the last position since it is not employed by the characters. It can be assumed that the characters rarely use
the strategy because performatives are very authoritative and direct.