purpose of request is called request for goods. Jules intends to give her jacket to Ben in order to clean up the mess on the jacket.
b. Request for initiation of action
There are 20 times request for initiation of action emerged in The Intern. The purpose is to request someone carries out an action by the requester. Thus, the
purpose is achieved when the requestee performs an action that leads to himher. An example of this purpose is in the dialogue that occurs in the morning
when Matt and Paige have a breakfast. Suddenly, Ben comes to pick Jules up. Ben is welcomed by Matt. Then, Matt introduces her daughter, Paige, to Ben. Jules
goes down into the kitchen and greets Ben with smiley face. After that, Jules talks with Matt and she is ready to go to the office.
Jules : Actually I have to go...
C‘mon sweetie. Ben, we’re gonna drop Paige at school, okay?
Ben :
Let‘s do it. Datum 13
The expression of
Ben, we’re gonna drop Paige at school, okay?, Jules
requests Ben to take Paige to school. The purpose of this request is to ask Ben to perform an action which is taking Paige to her school. Therefore, this utterance
applies request for initiation of action
‘s purpose. The word okay? in the last
utterance shows that Jules wants Ben to follow what she wants. Then, Ben responds it by saying
Let’s do it which means Ben agrees to drop Paige at her
school. The next example is the conversation between Jules, Cameron, and three
coworkers. They watch the sale of fashion stuff from some countries in the
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
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