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
This strategy is often used by the main characters. There are 13 data representing this strategy in The Intern. Questioning abilitywillingness is a kind
of strategy used by questioning the abilitywillingness to the requestee. This strategy is used to ask the requestee about the ability to perform an action.
The conversation occurs after Jules has a meeting with her coworkers. She asks Robby to fix the picture of women in the homepage by changing the color
into red. However, Robby has a limited time to fix that and he says to Jules that she should sign off the picture then he will use the picture to be a homepage in
―About the Fit‖ website. Therefore, Jules still wants to change the color. The conversation is expressed by Robby and Jules below.
Robby : Jules, Jules
: That is a great red. It‘s gonna fly outta here Robby
: We really don‘t have the time, Jules. I needed you to sign off on this two hours ago.
Jules : I know, but can you try?
Robby : Yep Datum 4
Jules requests Robby by saying but can you try? This utterance is
questioning
hearer‘s abilitywillingness which is shown in the expression can you try?
Jules uses the modal can to ask Robby, whether he is eager to grant her
wants or not. Thus, Robby complies Jules‘s desire about changing the color of
picture into red. Moreover , Robby carries out Jules‘s desire in order to reach the
deadline and makes Jules to sign off the task quickly. Another example of questioning abilitywillingness is the conversation
between Jules and her daughter, Paige. The situation takes place in Jules‘s house. In the morning, Jules has a breakfast with Paige. Then, she is ready to go to the
office. Meanwhile, Ben comes to pick up Jules. Paige does not want to eat anything. Jules persuades her by placing food in the spoon to Paige.
Jules : Got to get something in your stomach. Honey honey honey, just can you please take one bite before school? Please, just one bite.
Paige : silent Datum 26
From the dialogue, Jules says Honey honey honey, just can you please take one bite before school? Please, just one bite.
The modal verb Can indicates
the use of questioning abilitywillingness in the utterance. The utterance can you
please take one bite before school? is used to ask the ability of Paige to eat her
breakfast. Jules intends to ask Paige to eat her breakfast. Jules calls Paige honey in
order to make Paige follows her desire. Then, by placing the marker please in the
utterance, she wants to soften the utterance and to persuade her to eat. The next example is the conversation between Be
n and Jules. A hotel‘s alarm is ringing so loud which making the guests go out from the hotel. After that,
Ben and Jules enter the hotel and Jules invites him to see her room. They have a conversation while drinking a tea. Jules requests Ben to tell about his wife. The
conversation is showed below. Ben
: What should we talk about?
Jules : Marriage? Will you tell me about your wife? She was great,
right? Ben
: She was. Molly was her name. She was a middle school principal. Beloved.
Datum 32
From the conversation in Datum 32, Jules asks Will you tell me about your wife?
to Ben. This means Jules requests Ben to tell about his wife, Molly.
This utterance is called as questioning abilitywillingness strategy. Jules puts Will you
marker to question Ben‘s willingness. By a question, Jules does not force Ben to tell or keep his privacy about his wife.
The additional example is related to question ability willingness strategy, it can be seen from the conversation between Jules and her intern, Ben. In the
morning, she is shocked by a woman who drives her, she is not Ben. She calls Cameron who transfers him into a different position. Therefore, Jules looks for
Ben because she forgets that she asked Cameron to move him to another position.
It is because she thinks that Ben is inferring her problems. Thus, Jules messages Cameron to move him into another position. She apologizes for her mistake and
she wants him to go back to his position. Jules
: That‘s great. Can I give you a lift back to the office? Ben
: Sure as they walk away together
Jules : Do y ou mind driving? I don’t actually have a license.
Datum 17 In the conversation, questioning abilitywillingness is clearly used by Jules
when she asks a question to Ben by saying Do y ou mind driving? I don’t
actually have a license. Jules asks him by questioning, Do you mind driving?
which implies that Jules asks Ben‘s ability to drive her. Then, it is completed by
adding the statement
I don’t actually have a license. The additional reason is to
emphasize the utterance that Jules requests Ben to drive her to the office. It is because she does not have any license to drive a car. Ben replies with a smile
since he knows that he should do that for his boss.
c. Suggestory formulae
