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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis study is a sociolinguistic study about request made by Chinese
Indonesian females to both their younger and older servants. The writer is
interested in investigating request since request can be used differently by her
surrounding. The writer wants to know the type of request used by Chinese
Indonesian female employers to their younger and older servants. Then, the writer
also wants to know the factors that influence the use of the type of requests,
whether it could be the power distance or the age of the addressee. The writer
predicted that there are some differences in making requests to the younger and
older servants. Here, the writer used Ervinn-Tripp?s theory of request to classify
the type of request. The writer also uses structured interview as the way in getting
the data. To find the most frequently used type of request used by Chinese
Indonesia female employers, the writer used quantitative approach, whereas to
interpret the data, the writer used structured and unstructured interview. The
writer found that there are no differences in the frequency of the type of request
used by Chinese Indonesian female employers both to younger and older servants.
The result of this research showed that most of Chinese Indonesian females used
bald imperatives as their type of request, both to their younger and older servants.
However, Chinese Indonesia female employers used bald imperatives with the use
of word tolong, sorry, hedges and use of address term to show their respect and
another social factors that could not be analyzed. Thus, the result might prove that
the power distance has influenced more to the type of request than the age of the
addressee.