a. Hints
Hint is used for expressing the request since it is implicitly stating the request. The requester hides hisher request and does not mention the request
directly. The three conditions of availability, reasonableness, and obviousness should be considered in applying this strategy.
An example of hint is in the dialogue that happens between Matt and Jules. The setting takes place in the house. Jules is very tired because she went to San
Francisco with Ben. She arrives at home with a pale face because she knew about the problem of her marriage. She should face the situation that Matt is cheating
behind her. Jules does not know why Matt cheats on her. Matt opens the door and greets her by asking about the CEO. He tries to chit chat with his wife. Jules sits
on the stairs and Matt follows her.
Jules : Do we have any, like, real booze, like vodka or something?
Matt : Yeah… taking a glass of liquor and giving it to Jules
Datum 34
In the stairs, Jules asks her husband Do we have any, like, real booze, like vodka or something?
She asks the availability of a glass of liquor in her
house by saying Do we have any..? This expression is a hint for the request.
There are two intentions behind Jules‘s utterance. First, Jules only asks about liquor in her house. Second, Jules wants liquor to calm her after a long trip from
San Francisco. Then, Jules‘s utterance is responded by Matt by taking liquor because Matt knows the condition of his wife.
Another example of this strategy is the conversation between Jules and her mom. Jules answers the call from her mom while typing a message. Her mom
says typing and ringing and it disturbs Jules when she types a message. Jules does not like someone disturbs her life. Thus, she says an utterance to stop her mom
talking lot. The dialogue is showed in Datum 23 below. Jules‘ mom : Typing and ringing....
Jules :
looking at 2nd phone Yeah, sorry. It‘s the warehouse. Can I call you back Mom?
Jules‘ mom : No need. Jules
: Okay. Love you. Jules‘ mom : Yep.
Datum 23
Jules‘ mom says typing and ringing, thus, Jules answers it by saying Can I call you back mom?
This utterance belongs to hint because Jules asks the availability of her mom to receive her calls later. The availability condition is
shown by Jules‘s utterance in the phrase Can I call you..? Moreover, Jules‘s
utterance is a kind of avoidance toward her mom. She does not like talking to her mom because her mom is an observant. The intention of
Jules‘s utterance is that she wants to shut the phone off immediately.
b. Questioning hearer’s abilitywillingness
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