xvi There are many types of request in the film entitled “Princess Diaries” that
is interesting to analyze. Though a request is a part of pragmatics study, the speech act of a request is also related to the social interaction, so it cannot be
separated from sociolinguistics. Thus, this research takes socio-pragmatics approach as the way of analysis by considering how the speakers use the language
in the social interaction with others. Based on the phenomenon above, it is interesting to have a research more about request in the film entitled “Princess
Diaries”. Therefore, the researcher conducts a thesis entitled The Use of Request Expressions in the Film Entitled “Princess Diaries” A Socio-Pragmatics
Approach. B. Problem Statements
Based on the background, the problem statements are arranged as follows: 1.
What types of request are employed by the characters in the film entitled “Princess Diaries”?
2. What factors influence the use of request expressions in the film entitled
“Princess Diaries”? 3.
What are the responses of the requestee to the request?
C. Research Objectives
The objectives of the research are as follows:
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To describe the types of request found in the film entitled “Princess Diaries”.
2. To describe the factors influencing the use of request expressions in the
film entitled “Princess Diaries”. 3.
To describe the responses of the requestee in the film entitled “Princess Diaries” to the request.
D. Problem Limitation
There are many kinds of speech acts found in the film entitled “Princess Diaries”. However, the research is done only on the speech acts of request. The
uses of request vary depending on certain situation or factors such as context, closeness between participants and their social status. In order to make this
research intensive, the analysis focuses on request expressions that consist of request of action, offer, invitation, permission and proposal Tsui, 1994: 98. The
analysis will be based on the data taken from the film entitled “Princess Diaries”. There are several non-verbal requests in the film. Nevertheless, the researcher
only takes the verbal utterance of request as the data.
E. Research Benefits
This research is expected to give contribution for: 1.
The reader
xviii The reader will get more information about the speech act of request such
as the classification of request expressions, the factors influencing the use of it and the response of the requestees toward the request. Moreover, the result of
this research can be used as a reference to other students to understand more about request.
2. The lecturers
The result of the study is expected to be useful for the lecturers in teaching pragmatics about request expressions. Therefore, the lecturers can give more
knowledge to the students in analyzing request expressions such as the appropriate theories to classify the request expressions.
3. Other researchers
It is expected that this research will give additional information for other in conducting a better research on the related field especially about request act.
4. The writer
The writer will more understand about request expressions, including the types of request expressions, in the film entitled “Princess Diaries”. Besides,
by conducting this research, the writer can practice and improve her English ability especially her writing skill.
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F. Research Methodology
