blow-dryer. He used the strategy of being optimistic that the hearer wants what the speaker wants to sa
ve Penelope’s positive face. It was a clue that Alan and Penelope have a good cooperation.
l. Including both S and H in the activity
This strategy has the same percentage with the strategy of being optimistic that the hearer wants what the speaker wants. Based on the findings,
the occurrences of this strategy appear 2 times out of the total 67. Therefore, the percentage is 2.98. The examples and explanations for this phenomenon
are presented as follows. 4:30 Michael Longstreet : What we want is for the boys to patch it up, make
sure nothing like this ever happens again.
Nancy Cowan : Lets set up a meeting.
PPC025 Michael expected
that his son and the Cowans’ son would be able to solve their problems. Therefore, Nancy suggested to set up a meeting. She used
the strategy of including both S and H in the activity to save the hear ers’
negative face. She involved the hearers into the discussion by using pronoun “us”. She wanted to show that the goal was not only for her but also for the
hearers. The researcher exemplifies this strategy by using another datum as
follows. 4:31
Penelope Longstreet: The paper’s going to warp. Michael Longstreet: We could blow-dry it, then flatten it out with
some other books on top.
PPC044
Penelope and Michael were trying to sav e Penelope’s wet books by
using hairdryer. However, she thought that the paper was going to warp by the hairdryer. Thus, Michael stated that they could make the book flat by putting
some other books on the top of it. He had saved Penelope’s positive face by
using the strategy of including both S and H in the activity. He included Penelope to the activity by using the word
“we”.
m. Giving or asking for reasons
Besides the strategy of asserting or presupposing knowledge of and concerning for hearer’s wants, the strategy of giving or asking for reasons also
has the lowest rank from the data finding compared to the others. This strategy only appears once, or 1.49. The only one datum of this strategy is presented
below.
4:32 Nancy Cowan : She broke my make-up mirror And my perfume Why dont you stand up for me?
Alan Cowan : Let’s go.
PPC065 Penelope grabbed
Nancy’s handbag and threw it against the door. All the contents of her handbag spilled out. Nancy picked up the items that had
fallen from her bag. Then, she asked Alan to stand up for her to show that he supported her. She decided to say
“Why don’t you stand up for me?” instead of saying directly
“You should stand up for me” to make her request more reasonable for Alan.
