Request Strategies used by the Main Character in the Movie 'The Blind Side'

Autor: Erwin Rahayu Saputra, Astrinita Anantama Marchella
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Nobel: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 34-46 (2015)
ISSN: 2549-2470
2087-0698
Popis: This study focuses on the request strategies used by the main character (Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Junior) in the movie The Blind Side. The writer applies the main theory of request strategies by Trosborg to conduct the research. The writer used qualitative approach, because the researcher used interpretive framework and describes the data. Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Junior utterances are the data source which contains request strategies. Afterwards, the writer describes the situation and condition of the main character when he/ she giving request to someone. Thus, the writer can differentiate request strategies used by female and male character. Furthermore, the writer gets the result of request strategies types in the movie The Blind Side, whereas there are ten request strategies used by female character and seven request strategies used by male character.
Databáze: OpenAIRE