Techniques of Data Analysis
statements of speaker`s needs and demands, statement of obligations and necessities, and imperatives. Most of strategies of making request according to Trosborg are
found in this film. The occurrence of the types and strategies of request in Office Space is presented in Table 3 in the following table.
Table 3. Types and Strategies of Request Employed by the Characters in Office Space
Based on the Table above, the most prominent one is the employment of conventionally indirect request hearer-based condition. It occurs 18 times out of the
total of 38 data. In other words, out of the total 100, its percentage is 47.37. Since hisher hearer is in the position of controlling whether heshe will comply with the
request or not, the characters employ this type of request by using modal verbs like
No. Types of Request
Strategies of Request T
O T
A L
PE R
C E
N T
A G
E Hi
Ab Sf
Wi Ne
Ob Pf Im
1. Unconventionally
Indirect Request 7
- -
- -
- -
- 7
18.42 2.
Conventionally Indirect Request Hearer-Based
Condition -
15 3
- -
- -
- 18
47.37 3.
Conventionally Indirect Request Speaker-
Based Condition -
- -
1 6
- -
- 7
18.42 4.
Direct Request -
- -
- -
3 3
6 15.79
TOTAL 7
15 3
1 6
3 3
38 100
PERCENTAGE
18. 42
39. 47
7.9 2.6
3 15.
79 7.9
7.9 100
can, could, and will in the form of question to exhibit a protective orientation toward hisher own face that heshe does not take compliance for granted.
The second prominent types of request are unconventionally indirect request and conventionally indirect request speaker-based condition. They occur 6 times out
of 38 data with the percentage of 18.42 out of 100. The characters employ unconventionally indirect request because heshe tries to imply to hisher hearer what
heshe wants without formulating the request directly in hisher utterances. Following unconventionally indirect request, there is conventionally indirect request speaker-
based. The characters choose to focus on speaker-based condition by formulating wants-statements in their request because they want their requests more direct in
demand. Finally in the last rank, there is direct request. It occurs 6 times with the
percentage of 15.79. The reason is that saying in direct request is not effective to make request for the hearer to comply the desired act. The characters makes request
with direct request because heshe wants to state hisher intention explicitly by employing performative verbs and imperative statements. The characters use this type
when compliance from the hearer is expected because the favour asked usually carries a low degree of imposition.
In relation to the strategies of making request, it can be clearly seen that questioning hearer`s ability and willingness become the most dominant form with 15
39.47 out of 38 utterances. The reason is that the characters often make their