A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF REQUESTS EXPRESSED BY THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN NANCY MEYERS’S THE INTERN MOVIE

Nurul Baiti, Dyotra (2017) A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF REQUESTS EXPRESSED BY THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN NANCY MEYERS’S THE INTERN MOVIE. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This research examines the speech acts of request presented in The Intern movie using pragmatic approach. The objectives of this research are to find out the types of requests used by the main characters, to examine the strategies of requests used by the main characters, and to explain the purposes of requests expressed by the main characters in The Intern movie. This research used a combination method, in which the main method was qualitative method that was supported by a qualitative method. The data were utterances, in the form of sentences, phrases, clauses or words spoken by the main characters in The Intern movie, while the contexts of the data were dialogues. The source of the data was the script of the dialogues spoken by the characters in The Intern movie. The primary instrument of this research was the researcher herself, while the secondary instrument was the data sheet. The researcher used analysis of documents by note-taking as a source of collecting data. The results of this research are described as follows. First, there are four types of requests found in the movie: unconventionally indirect request, conventionally indirect request (hearer based), conventionally indirect request (speaker based), and direct request. Conventionally indirect request (hearer based) becomes the most prominent type of request because the main characters use this to ask their request politely. Second, there are seven strategies of requests expressed by the main characters: hints, questioning hearer’s ability/willingness, suggestory formulae, statements of speaker’s wishes/desires, statements of speaker’s needs/demands, statement of obligation/necessity, and imperatives. The most dominant strategy is questioning hearer’s ability/willingness because the main characters ask the ability to the requestee to perform the request. Therefore, they do not force the requestee to perform an action. Third, there are four purposes of request applied by the main characters: request for goods, request for the initiation of action, request for the cessation of action, and request for joint activity. The most dominant purpose of request is request for the initiation of action because the main characters often use this purpose to demand a requestee to perform an action. Keywords: request, types, strategies, purposes, The Intern movie

Item Type:	Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	request, types, strategies, purposes, The Intern movie
Subjects:	Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions:	Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User:	Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS
Date Deposited:	17 Jan 2017 08:53
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2019 12:50
URI:	http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/45920

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