THE REQUEST STRATEGY OF SUMATRAN INFORMANTS IN PERFORMING SPEECH ACTS REQUEST

  • Delti Yulita Universitas Timor
  • Desta Gloria Siahaan Universitas Timor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32938/edulanguage.v1i1.2440
Keywords: Directness, Indirect request, Politeness, Sumatran

Abstract

This present study was proposed to investigate the notion of request speech acts among native Sumatran. The informants took a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) consists of eight scenarios and respond it based on the situation given. The responses were analyzed by directness categories in scale designed by Blum-Kulka et al (1984) named Cross-Cultural Study of Speech Act Realization Patterns (CCSARP). The result shows that Sumatran informants mostly use conventionally indirect request as a strategy in formulating request speech acts. The outcomes revealed that a high number of politeness marker is employed along with grounded as parts of external and internal modification in request performing.

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Published
2021-04-30
How to Cite
Yulita, D., & Siahaan, D. (2021). THE REQUEST STRATEGY OF SUMATRAN INFORMANTS IN PERFORMING SPEECH ACTS REQUEST. Jurnal Edulanguage, 7(1), 10-22. https://doi.org/10.32938/edulanguage.v1i1.2440
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Vol 7 No 1 (2021): Edulanguage Journal
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