website. Furthermore, they are talking about why people do not buy the fashion stuff.
Jules : Okay, look at Chicago, she put the same boots in her cart
as the woman from Houston. Cameron
: Okay, l et‘s see what she does at check out. She‘s not
buying them either. Jules
: Okay, maybe check the delivery costs on those boots?
Cameron : Mmmm..
Datum 20 In Datum 20, a conversation happens between Jules and Cameron. Jules
says Okay, maybe check the delivery costs on those boots? This means that
Jules asks Cameron to check the delivery cost which is included as request for initiation of action‘s purpose. Jules and Cameron think that there is a mistake why
few women do not buy anything in the website. Thus, Jules asks Cameron to perform an action to check the note. The request is directly stating the point that
Jules needs clarity about the business.
c. Request for cessation of action
The purpose is to stop an ongoing action which is performed by the requester. To achieve this purpose, the requestee should stop the action by saying
an utterance toward the requester. There are 5 times this purpose appears in The Intern.
An example of request for cessation of action is on the conversation which happens in Jules‘ mom house. It occurs when few coworkers try to rip open Jules‘
mom computer which contains a wrong email from Jules. Ben calls Becky to give the cell phone to Jules. However, Becky does not want to give it to Jules because
Jules has a meeting that cannot be interrupted.
Ben : Start looking for the computer. they go off together. Separately
into Phone--
Becky Don’t screw around. Put Jules on, it‘s an
emergency. Interrupt her wipes his brow Jules Your mother has an alarm.
Yes she does, I‘m in her kitchen and it‘s about to go off. Datum 25
In the conversation, Ben directly says
Becky Don’t screw around. It is
because Becky does not interrupt her boss. Meanwhile, Ben and other cowokers want to
report the situation in Jules‘ mom house to Jules. Thus, Ben is forced to say louder to Becky. Finally, she gives the cell phone to Jules. This utterance is
included as a request for cessation of action because Ben stops Becky‘s action in
disturbing him when he calls Jules. Another example occurs in the conversation between Cameron and Jules.
They talk about hiring senior interns. They debate all the way when they are talking about a serious problem. Cameron wants a senior program that is needed
by this office. However, Jules disagrees with the choice of Cameron because Jules cannot deal with senior people even with her mom.
Cameron : I told you I felt we needed to do an outreach program.
You seemed to be liking the i dea so I put it in motion. It‘s
gonna be great. Jules
: Hold please
. You‘re hiring Senior Citizen interns? What does that even mean?
Cameron :
There‘s been a ton of research on this. The results are, without fail, fantastic.
Datum 5
Jules cuts Cameron‘s words by saying Hold please. She is shocked by
Cameron‘s suggestion. It is because she does not agree to hire senior interns. The purpose of request for cessation of action is applied in this data because Jules
stops on going speech which uttered by Cameron. The additional word at the end
of the utterance, please, is used to soften the request in order to make the request
to be different from command.
d. Request for joint activity
