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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis research is a social linguistics study about request made by male
Chinese Indonesian children and female Chinese Indonesian children to their
female servant. The writer concerned in investigating request since request occur
everyday in daily life. Then the writer wanted to know the factors that influence
the children in making particular request. The writer assumes that there will be
differences between male and female children in making request because in
several researches, male and female are different with each other. One of research
study shows that female is linguistically more polite compare to male. In getting
the data, the writer decided to use observation method. The writer uses
observation method because the writer expected a factual data from the children
request. The writer intention is to find what are the differences and the similarity
between male and female children in making request. In this research, the writer
found out that there are no differences in types of request. They used the same
types, need statement bald imperatives, and hint. However, there are differences in
the common use of embedded imperatives types of request. In common use,
embedded imperatives is used to make the request more polite while in this
research the writer found out that embedded imperatives is used because the
children find difficulty on doing certain task. Then, she decided to ask help from
the servant. Thus, this research shows that there are no differences on request
types between them.