A. Object of the Study
The object of this research is Frozen. Frozen is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation
Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 53
rd
animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Inspired by Hans Christian
Andersens fairy tale The Snow Queen, the film tells the story of a fearless princess who sets off on an epic journey alongside a rugged iceman, his loyal
pet reindeer, and a naïve snowman to find her estranged sister, whose icy powers have inadvertently trapped the kingdom in eternal winter. This movie is
directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. This movie became the best-selling film of the year in the United States. By January 2015, Frozen became the all-
time best-selling Blu-ray Disc in the United States. It won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and the Golden Globe Award for Best
Animated Feature Film. This research is conducted to find out the types of request speech act
using speaker-based condition and hearer-oriented condition, as well as the politeness strategy used in the request. By focusing on request speech act in
that movie, the researcher collected the data using speech act theory under pragmatics study. The data were classified based on its types and forms of
request. They were then analyzed speaker-based condition, hearer-oriented condition and the politeness strategy in order to understand how request is
applied to get the hearer’s agreement in directive speech act. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
B. Approach of the Study
In conducting this research, the researcher analyzed all utterances from Frozen which indicate request speech act. The researcher uses pragmatics
theory about request which is included in directive speech act as proposed by Searle in Levinson, 1983: 240. Then, the researcher only focuses on request
of speaker-based condition and hearer-oriented condition to make a limitation of all the data showing request speech act. In speaker-based condition, the
request is focused on the speaker as the one who places the interest above the hearer. So, the request becomes more direct as wishes or desires and needs or
demands. Meanwhile, in hearer-oriented condition the request is focused on the hearer’s position of control to decide whether or not to perform the request.
Both of us these types of request are also more polite than direct request. Consequently, the researcher prefers to analyze the politeness strategy in
speaker- based condition of request based on Brown and Levinson’ theory.
C. Method of Study
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