EXPRESSING GRATITUDE" IN THE MOTIVATION SITUATION TO PERFORM THE REQUEST
'Thankfulness' can be a complementary component of the speech act of requesting. At the same time it can give a polite tone to request formulas. Directive expressions of gratitude, which are used to perform the act of requesting, tend to refer to the future actions of the addressee. These expressions are used in the present and future tenses (the present tense referring to the future). In this case the request takes the form of a conditional sentence. The use of the adverbs of degree, which express the duration of an event, such as по гроб жизни (until death), всю жизнь (all life), etc., indicate the situation of request in thanking formulas. This type of thanking can also be expressed together with the speaker's expression of hope; e.g. Благодарю и выражаю свою надежду... (I thank and express my hope...). The thanking formula "Thank you in advance..." may simultaneously indicate request and farewell speech acts.