Trustworthiness of the Data

Based on the table, frequency of the concurrences is not the same from one type of address term to another. The participants in the dialogues do not perform all the types of address terms. The frequent occurrence of address term type is FN, since it is one of the ways to reach intimacy among the students as well as indicating power difference between teacher and student. FN also appears when the setting of the conversation is out of the school where students are interacting with each other as friends. The second frequent phenomenon is T, and then followed by TLN, since the school is a place that uses formal language as well as the place where politeness is highly upheld, and the last is KT as several conversations take place in a family‟s house, so the interactions among the family members by using KT are performed. Meanwhile, LN, SN and PN are the types that are never used by the participants in the dialogues. The highest rank of types of address terms shows that this type is the most often performed by the participants of the dialogues. In contrast, the lowest rank indicates that the characters never use such types of address terms. 2. The Functions of Address Terms Appearing in the Speaking Materials of English on Sky for Junior High School Class VII, VIII, and IX There are three functions of address terms. They are to show intimacy, power difference, and respect. The participants in the dialogues employ all the functions of the addressing terms. Furthermore, the findings of the functions of address term that performed by the participants of the dialogues are presented in Table 5. Table 5. The Functions of Address Terms Appearing in the Speaking Materials of English on Sky No Functions of Address Terms Frequency Percentage 1. To show intimacy 35 36,1 2. To show power difference 23 23,7 3. To show respect 39 40,2 Total 97 100 From all the analyzed dialogues, 97 data are found. The functions of address terms performed by the participants are in line with the theories of address terms. They employ all functions of address terms with different number of occurrences. The most frequent appearing function is to show respect, since as stated before, the context of the dialogues mostly take place in school where respect, especially from students to the teachers, is highly maintained in order to keep politeness. To respect other people in a school can be through using formal language indicating by the use of T and TLN. The second function is to show intimacy, because the participants of the conversations are mostly depicted as school friends that have been close to each other, and they do not need to maintain respect to each other that can be indicated through the use of FN. The least function appearing is to show power difference, which is indicated by the use of FN from superior ones to inferior ones, since in the context of school teachers are superior, so they do not need to pay respect to their students, thus they can use FN to address them.