TINDAK TUTUR PERMINTAAN DALAM BAHASA INDONESIA DI KALANGAN MAHASISWA

Abstract

This study aims to describe the speech act of requests in Indonesian, their
determinant factors, and their special functions. The data sources were spoken requests by
students. The data were collected by taping them and were analyzed by grouping them and
interpreting them contextually. The results show that there are direct and indirect requests.
Direct requests are made in imperatives, and indirect requests are made in statements or
questions. Sometimes a combination of an imperative and a question and that of a question
and a question are employed in requests. Politeness in requests is marked by certain
expressions, such as tolong, ayo/yo/yok/yuk, mari, coba, maaf and mohon. The social
context influencing the choice of requests includes the intimacy of the speaker and
interlocutor, the speech situation, the age difference between the speaker and interlocutor,
and the speaker’s cultural background. The special functions of requests include that of
asking for or borrowing an object, of asking the interlocutor to do something, of
welcoming, of inviting, and of prohibiting.
Keywords: speech act, form, function, politeness