situation in The Theory of Everything movie. To answer the research questions, this research uses Wardaugh’s and Chaika’s theory about classification of types and
social factors of address terms. This research identified seven types of address terms as the first research
question. As classification by Wardaugh 2006 and Chaika 1982, there are seven types of address terms. They are first name FN, title plus last name TLN, title only
T, last name LN, special name SN, pet name PN, and kinship term KT. Then, to answer the second research question, the researcher also employed
Wardaugh’s and Chaika’s theory about the social factors influencing the use of address terms. There are nine social factors in using address terms as classified by
them. They are particular occasion PO, social status or rank of the other SS, gender G, age A, family relationship FR, occupational hierarchy OH,
transactional status TS, race R and degree of intimacy DI.
D. Analytical Construct
In reference to the conceptual framework above, the following diagram presents the outlines of the research.
Figure 2. Analytical Construct
Sociolinguistics
Language
1. First Name FN
2. Title with Last Name
TLN 3.
Title only T 4.
Last Name LN 5.
Special Name SN 6.
Pet Name PN 7.
Kinship Term KT
A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Address Terms Uttered by the Characters in James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything Movie
Solidarity and Politeness
Tu and Vous Address Terms
Politeness
Types The Theory of
Everything Movie
1. Particular Occasion PO
2. Social Status SS
3. Gender G
4. Age A
5. Family Relationship FR
6. Occupational Hierarchy
OH 7.
Transactional Status TS 8.
Race R 9.
Degree of Intimacy DI
Society
Style of Speech
Jargon Discourse
Routine
Social Factors
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
In this chapter, the researcher presents all elements regarding with the research method applied in conducting this research. This chapter deals with the
description of the research method which includes research type, form, context, and source of the data, the data collecting technique, the technique of data analysis, the
research instrument, and trustworthiness. Each sub-chapter is discussed below.
A. Research Type
This research applied descriptive qualitative method since it emphasized on describing the phenomenon of language use. Qualitative method was used to describe
the phenomenon in its context by interpreting the data. As stated by Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009: 166-167, qualitative research relies on people’s interpretation of
their own experience. Related to its purpose, the qualitative research is more about how to make description than prediction of the data.
Qualitative research method applied in this research is aimed to present the research in the form of words description instead of numbers and statistics. It was not
only analyzing and describing the data but also interpreting the data to get a rich and more in-depth understanding of address terms in The Theory of Everything movie.
For this reason, this research is aimed to describe the types and the social factors of address terms uttered by the characters in The Theory of Everything movie.
