Michael’s utterance “I’ll get it” indicates that he used the offering, promising strategy.
k. Being optimistic that the hearer wants what the speaker wants
The phenomenon of being optimistic that the hearer wants what the speaker wants strategy is found 2 times from 67 times of occurrences. It
indicates that the percentage is 2.98. The two data are presented below.
4:28 Penelope Longstreet : It’s not cold Penelope gives a coke to Nancy
Nancy Cowan : You think?
Penelope Longstreet : Oh yes. Little sips.
PPC037 Nancy did not feel goo
d and she felt nauseous. In respond to Nancy’s condition, Penelope went to the kitchen and gave a coke to her. Nancy asked
Penelope whether a coke really could make the nauseous gone or not. Penelope answered her by saying
“Oh yes. Little sips.” Her answer indicates that she felt optimistic. She thought that little sips of coke would make Nancy felt better.
By saying this, she had saved Nanc y’s positive face. Penelope used this
strategy to show solidarity, closeness, and cooperation to Nancy. The other example can be seen in datum PPC049 as follows.
4:29 Michael and Penelope laugh out loud as Alan appears, holding the blow dryer.
Penelope Longstreet: Like what do we call each other, Michael? Im sure its worse
Alan Cowan : You wanted the blow dryer?
PPC049 When Alan was in the bathroom, Penelope told her to bring the
hairdryer. She wanted to dry her wet books with the hairdryer. Therefore, when Alan went back to the living room, he was optimist that Penelope wanted the
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