of the utterance, please, is used to soften the request in order to make the request
to be different from command.
d. Request for joint activity
Request for joint activity is the purpose of request which invites the requestee to perform a similar action to the requester. Sometimes the request is
not responded by the requestee. Therefore, the purpose is not achieved by the requester.
As in the conversation below, there is an example of request for joint activity. The dialogue involves Jules and Matt in their house. However, Ben and
Paige are listening to what they talked about. Jules tells Matt that she should meet a candidate of
Townsend‘s CEO in San Francisco. She invites Matt to accompany her to go to San Francisco. Matt refuses her request to go to San Francisco with
her because he has a lot of things to do, thus, he proposes Ben to accompany Jules.
Jules : Yeah, maybe. Everyone‘s flipping out, but you know I‘m still on
the fence at best, but anyway, only thing is, I have to go to San Francisco to meet him. He can‘t get here.
Matt : handing her pancakes When do you have to go? Jules : The only day he could meet is next Thursday. Do you want to
come? Maybe we could stay for the weekend?
Matt : looks at fridge calendar Sounds good but... I can‘t. Paige is
snack leader on Thursday and I‘m supposed to be in the class with her. It‘s kind of a big deal.
Jules : Right. No, I forgot. Matt : Maybe Ben could go with you.
Datum 22
By saying Do you want to come? Maybe we could stay for the weekend?
, Jules really wants Matt to accompany her. However, Matt has
schedule that cannot be left. In the utterance, Jules applies request for joint activity‘s purpose. It is shown when Jules wants Matt to follow what she wants in
case of going to San Francisco. At the end of conversation, Matt does not want to go there because of several reasons.
The next example is the dialogue between Ben and Paige which happens in the garden. Ben accompanies Paige to come to her friend‘s birthday party. Ben
sits down and talks with the other moms. Meanwhile, Paige comes back to Ben because she feels bad. Ben invites her to sit on his lap and she responds it kindly.
Ben : What‘s up kiddo?
Paige : I don‘t feel good.
Ben
: You don‘t? Do you want to sit on my lap? Paige nods. Ben lifts
her onto his lap, feels her forehead. Datum 27
In the conversation, Ben says Do you want to sit on my lap? It shows that he invites Paige to sit together with him. In the first utterance, Ben says Do
you…? It indicates that Ben requests Paige to sit on his lap. Ben knows that Paige
feels sick, thus, he says that utteranc e. By applying the utterance, joint activity‘s
purpose is achieved. It is because Paige responds the request offered by Ben. Paige sits on his lap and she feels better.
R equest can be applied in everyday‘s life. People in different age, status,
and position can use the act of request such as requesting to boss, husband, wife, or children. It is a polite way to convey what people want in order to fulfill the
desired act. When the request is performed, the purpose of request has been received to the requestee. However, there are two possible responses of request;
the request is complied or refused by the requestee.
Based on the discussion, the most dominant type of request is conventionally indirect request based on the hearer which appears 17 times. This
type is often used by the main characters because they intend to request toward the requestee softly. It means a requester does not assert the request to the
requestee. This type of conventionally indirect request based on the hearer contains questioning abilitywillingness strategy which becomes the prominent
strategy in The Intern movie. The main characters use this strategy to ask the probability of the requestee in order to carry out the request. In addition, this type
and strategy of request aim to perform an action which is called as a request for the initiation of action. It means that the main characters often use this purpose to
demand the requestee to carry out the request by performing an action.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
In this chapter, some important points are outlined. There are two sections: conclusions and suggestions. First, it contains a brief summary of findings that are
related to the objectives of the research. Second, it provides some suggestions for the readers or the other researchers who will conduct the similar research. Each
section is presented below.
A. Conclusions
From the analysis and findings on request utterances made by the main characters in The Intern movie, they are influenced by several factors such as
types, strategies, and purposes of request. 1.
Based on the findings, there are four types of request found in the movie. They are unconventionally indirect request, conventionally indirect request
hearer-based, conventionally indirect request speaker-based, and direct request. The most prominent type of request is conventionally indirect request
hearer-based which occurs 17 times out of 35 total data. Direct request becomes the second highest number in the data of the research that appears 9 times.
Conventionally indirect request speaker-based is the third position in the data which occurs 5 times. The last position is unconventionally indirect request which
happens 4 times out of the total data. Conventionally indirect request based on the hearer is often used by the
main characters because they want to express their request politely. Moreover,
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