Pragmatic Analysis of Request in Aumm Saad Novella

Abstract

This study aims at analyzing the pragmatic feature of request in Aumm Saad novella in which the researcher used the descriptive analytical methodology where the researcher designed the content analysis card as an instrument of the study which include the request, kinds of request and strategies of request to answer two questions in order to get the results and suggestions which are as follows: Both of the two kinds of request, the direct and the indirect has been used one more than the other in favor of the indirect request. The hint strategy has been used (4) times. Questioning Hearer`s Ability of Willingness has been mentioned for only one time and so has been the suggestory formula. All of the three strategies: Statements of Speaker`s Needs and Demands, Statements Obligations and Necessities, and Performatives were mentioned only one time. On the other side, Imperatives has been texted for three times