Detail An Analysis of the Speech Act of Request by Male and Female Students at Bunda Mulia ST Bibliografi Author: Nugroho, Ardi ; Sukamto, Katharina Endriati (Advisor) Topik: request; gender; social distance; power Bahasa: (EN )     Penerbit: Applied English Linguistics Program Graduate School Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia     Tempat Terbit: Jakarta    Tahun Terbit: 2012     Jenis: Theses - Master Thesis Fulltext: Ardi Nugroho.pdf (1,003.1KB; 46 download) Ketersediaan Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: T 174 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1  Lihat Detail Induk Abstract The speech act of request is a common speech act used in every day interactions. However, because of its nature to impose on other people, it is very important that people select the appropriate strategy in making requests. There are several factors that may influence the production of requests. Some of them are the gender of the speaker, the social distance, and the power of the interlocutors. This study is an attempt to explore the extent in which these three factors influence the production of requests. In other words, this research investigates how Indonesian male and female learners of English make English requests and whether or not the social distance and power variables also influence the production of this speech act. To collect the data, a questionnaire in the form of a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) is distributed to the respondents. The DCT consists of six scenarios that reflect different social situations, each with different combinations of close / distant social distance, and high / equal / low power between the interlocutors. From this, the respondents are to produce requests based on the different social situations presented in each of the scenarios. The DCT is distributed to students of the English Language and Culture Department at Bunda Mulia University. The total number of respondents is 70 people, which consists of 35 males and 35 females. The findings of the study reveal that both gender groups employ similar request strategies and modifications throughout the six scenarios, with only slight differences. From these request strategies and modifications, it can be said that the females are more indirect than the males in their production of requests. Besides that, it is also found that there are some gender specific characteristics present in the students’ production of requests. These characteristics include differences in the use of vocabulary, the use of understatement that functions to soften the impact of the request, and the competitive and cooperative nature of the requests made by the male and female group respectively. Lastly, the students in the study show pragmatic competence, which is reflected in the way they make different kinds of requests for the six different scenarios. In other words, the students take into account the social distance and power variables in their production of requests. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Lihat Sejarah Pengadaan  Konversi Metadata   Kembali

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