This example shows suggestory formulae strategy. By saying
Why don’t you tell Jules you can’t drive her today or I’m gonna have to. From the
utterance, Ben suggests Mike to say that he cannot drive for Jules today because he is sick. The expression of
Why don’t you indicates a suggestion rather than a
command. Then, Mike says to Jules that he cannot drive for her. The next example is the conversation which involves Jules and Paige. The
setting takes place in the house. When Jules arrives at home, Paige greets her with the story about her activities today. Paige tells about her daddy who helps her
decorating a playdoh with the icing. Paige : Daddy helped me with the icing.
Jules : Good job, you guys. So, how about I give you your bath, okay?
Datum 11 In the conversation in Datum 11, Paige tells about the activity that she did
today. Jules responds it by saying good jobs and continues with So, how about I give you your bath, okay?
The use of how about indicates suggestion that leads
to request. Jules intends to give Paige a bath. Paige responds Jules‘s request by
going to her bathroom. By adding okay? in the last utterance, Jules emphasizes
her request toward Paige because Jules wants to make sure whether Paige agrees or disagrees with her request.
d. Statements of speaker’s wishesdesires
The statement of speaker‘s wishesdesires is used only once by Jules. It shows that this strategy is infrequently applied by the main characters. This
strategy contains wishesdesires of the requester. It could be such a demand that should be done by the requestee.
In the example below, there is a conversation between Jules and Ben which takes place in the coffee shop. Jules feels guilty about what she did to Ben.
Ben is moved into a different position by Cameron. He becomes a server who brings some cups of coffee to the office. Meanwhile, Jules looks for him to
explain what is going on in this situation. She feels that Ben is too observant when he asked about her life. Therefore, she thinks that Ben should move to a different
position. Then, she apologizes about the mistake that she did. She wishes Ben to start working for her again and going back to his previous position.
Jules :
….. I hope you’ll accept my apology and come back to work. For me. If you would.
And I‘m not just saying this because I screwed up but I was
thinking this morning, I‘d like to move you up to my area, next to Becky. I know you can handle more work, if
you‘d like more. God, I really hate that I jumped the gun and made you feel--
Ben : I‘m happy to come back.
Jules : Thank you. Datum 15
Jules says
I hope you’ll accept my apology and come back to work. For me. If you would.
It implies that she wishes Ben to come back to work with her. She needs him to help her running the business. Jules feels that Ben has a lot
of advice for her. By saying I hope, Jules wants that her wish is complied by Ben,
thus, the phrase is asserting the strategy of statements of speaker‘s wishesdesires
which is used in Jules‘s utterance. The additional phrase, For me, means that
Jules emphasizes Ben to work with her for accompanying her. Moreover, the use
of If you would, indicates that Jules states this utterance in order to give the
decision to Ben whether he will comply the request or refuse it.
e. Statements of speaker’s needsdemands
