Intentionality Principles of Speakers’ Meaning: Evidence From Requesting in Balinese

The purpose of this study is to examine the intentionality principles in culture-specific Balinese language that can be contextually used on levels utterance meaning(s) and force. data for were collected by using a participatory observation method, questionnaire, Focused Group Discussion (FGD). closed-question survey was conducted only observe people’s perception expressing requests. It then reviewed comprehensively an FGD involving 40 participants included academicians, instructors, culture activists. They given set stimuli form declarative interrogative utterances focusing asked give response such request accordingly. analyzed descriptive-qualitative method based pragmatics theory, regarding meaning involved upon context tradition discourse. results show speaker's requesting might fall both force which expressed two complexity. first level concerns indirectness situation, as asking, providing certainty with tag questions, giving information, offering, greeting, inviting. second relates contexts discourse, advice, alternative points, complaining, satire.