5 Expressives of Wishes
Wishing is an expression of a desire or hope for something to happen. The speaker’s desire and wants in order to expect it becomes reality. Below the data of
expressives of wishes found in Oprah Winfrey Show 10032010: No
Utterances 1
Rowling: … I just wanted the last words to be ‘all is well’.
34
2 Rowling: I really hope so. I’m very frustrated by fear of imagination.
That’s – I don’t think that’s healty.
81
3 Rowling: … and I hope this gives hope to all single women out there
…
167
4 Rowling: Really? I hope – I hope I – that sounds good.
110
6 Expressives for Attitudes
Expressives for attitudes has the less value of polite principle, because criticizing, complaining and deprecating express the feeling of disagree or dislike with
the hearer’s attitude. Those expect the hearer to mull over the speaker’s utterance. Below the data of expressives for attitudes found in Oprah Winfrey Show 10032010:
No Utterances
1 Rowling: Yeah, not for too long.
13
2 Rowling: No – it hasn’t held me back, has it? Clearly not held me back.
17
3 Winfrey: I can’t imagine.
27
4 Rowling: … It was uncontrollable and I’m not big crier…
30
5 Rowling: … ‘my God, this is crazy’ I couldn’t turn to anyone…
44
6 Rowling: No, no. I’m not pushing any belief system here, although there is
a lot of Christian imagery in the books…
85
7 Rowling: But you don’t – you’ve not lived like that for so long.
98
8 Rowling: I dress better. But that’s not just about money, ‘cause you meet
lots of rich people who dress atrociously…
106
9 Winfrey: Unless I’m a complete fool.
111
10 Rowling: But that’s it Unless I’m a fool And you know what? I’ve never been a fool with money so why worry?
112
11 Rowling: No, I don’t drive. No. Cars terrify me. I am really frightened of cars.
126
12 Rowling: No. Never. And I really, really mean never…
132
13 Rowling: Really crazy stuff that happens…
134
14 Rowling: No, I don’t. I don’t. I think that it’s such a huge thing to be estranged from a parent that obviously you would.
177
15 Rowling: It wasn’t a good relationship from my point of view for a very long time but I had a need to please…
181
16 Rowling: Yeah, but I never told her about it.
187
17 Rowling: But his is different. This is different
209
18 Rowling: I can only say to you: it could be so much worse.
221
19 Rowling: No. I mean – no. I have a say. For me it’s – I love films, I love the books, and there are elements that are really fun around it.
229
20 Winfrey: …”I don’t know a thing”
230
21 Rowling: You never meant to be that huge.
265
22 Rowling: No and I really mean that. And I get asked that – it’s not even – people don’t ask me that, interestingly, people tell me that.
267
23 Rowling: … “No, I really, truly don’t think that.”
267
4.2 Ways of Performing Expressives Illocutionary Acts
For the illocutionary act to be successful in communicating, the hearer must recognize what is it that the speaker attempting to do such as state, order,
promise, and so on. Here the utterances and the ways of performing that found in The Oprah Winfrey Show:
1. Literal direct act
1 Rowling: Yeah, not for too long.
13
It is used to express Rowling’s complaint toward Winfrey’s statement about the boys.
2 Rowling: No – it hasn’t held me back, has it? Clearly not held me back.
17
It is used to express Rowling’s criticism toward Winfrey that she cannot turn back to the past.
3 Winfrey: … it was beautiful. Scotland is beautiful.
18
It is used to express pleasure from Winfrey to the beautiful Scotland. 4 Rowling: It’s stunning. Yeah, it’s stunning.
19
It is used to express Rowling’s pleasure. 5 Rowling: It was huge.
26
It used to express Rowling’s pleasure. 6 Winfrey: I can’t imagine.
27
It used to express Winfrey’s compliment toward Rowling. 7 Rowling: … It was uncontrollable and I’m not big crier…
30
It used to express Rowling’s criticism that she cannot keep crying when her mother died
8 Rowling: Well, that’s a really good question …
34
It is used to express congratulation from Rowling to Winfrey 9 Winfrey: That’s such a great analogy.
43
It is used to express Winfrey’s congratulation toward Rowling’s idea. 10 Rowling: No, no. I’m not pushing any belief system here, although there
is a lot of Christian imagery in the books…
85
It is used to express Rowling’s complaint toward Winfrey. 11 Rowling: This felt so extravagant
102
It is used to express congratulation from Rowling to Winfrey 12 Rowling: I dress better. But that’s not just about money, ‘cause you meet
lots of rich people who dress atrociously…
106
It is to used express Rowling’s criticism that toward Winfrey. 13 Winfrey: Unless I’m a complete fool.
111
It is used to express Winfrey’s condolence. 14 Rowling: But that’s it Unless I’m a fool And you know what? I’ve
never been a fool with money so why worry?
112
It is used to express Rowling’s condolence.
15 Rowling: No, I don’t drive. No. Cars terrify me. I am really frightened of cars.
126
It is used to express Rowling’s criticism that she do not dare to drive. 16 Rowling: No. Never. And I really, really mean never…
132
It is used to express Rowling’s complaint toward Winfrey. 17 Rowling: Really crazy stuff that happens…
134
It is used to express Rowling’s condolence.
18 Rowling: Yeah, it was, yeah. You’re good.
155
It is used to express Rowling’s applauding toward Winfrey. 19 Rowling: No, I don’t. I don’t. I think that it’s such a huge thing to be
estranged from a parent that obviously you would.
177
It is used to express Rowling’s complaint toward Winfrey question? 20 Rowling: It wasn’t a good relationship from my point of view for a very
long time but I had a need to please…
181
It is used to express Rowling’s criticism. 21 Rowling: Yeah, but I never told her about it.
187
It is used to express Rowling’s complaint toward Winfrey question. 22 Winfrey: I was going to say, you’re doing well
208
It is used to express congratulating from Winfrey to Rowling.
23 Rowling: But his is different. This is different
209
It is used to express Rowling’s complaint that she can’t deal with public speaking very easily.
24 Rowling: well, exactly, but you’re quite good at this, you know?
211
It is used to express Rowling’s applauding toward Winfrey. 25 Winfrey: Well thank you.
212
It is used to express Winfrey’s gratitude toward Rowling that praise for her job.
26 Rowling: I can only say to you: it could be so much worse.
221
It is used to express deprecating from Rowling that she can’t imagine it’s been Potterized.
27 Rowling: No. I mean – no. I have a say. For me it’s – I love films, I love the books, and there are elements that are really fun around it.
229
It is used to express Rowling’s complaint that she doesn’t control all of it.
28 Winfrey: …”I don’t know a thing”
230
It is used to express Winfrey’s Complaint. 29 Rowling: It’s such a huge …
239
It is used to express Rowling’s applauding. 30 Rowling: You never meant to be that huge.
265
It is used to express Rowling’s criticism toward Winfrey 31 Rowling: No and I really mean that. And I get asked that – it’s not even –
people don’t ask me that, interestingly, people tell me that.
267
It is used to express Rowling’s complaint toward Winfrey. 32 Rowling: … “No, I really, truly don’t think that.”
267
It is used to express Rowling’s complain toward the people. 33 Winfrey: You became a Beatle
270
It is used to express Winfrey’s applauding to Rowling. As we know, Beatle is a name of most famous and legendary band in this whole world.
34 Winfrey: That is pretty good.
272
It is used to express Winfrey’s applauding toward Rowling. 35 Winfrey: That so much fun, Jo. That was really fun.
274
It is used to express Winfrey’s applauding toward Rowling that they really have fun the conversation.
36 Rowling: Thank you.
275
It is used to express Rowling’s gratitude toward Winfrey.
