Gender G Age A
The example of the use of address terms that influenced by family relationship FR is as follows:
The above example is a conversation between Frank Hawking and Jane Wilde. This conversation takes place in Hawking family’s house. Frank Hawking invites Jane,
Stephen, and their children to go to his house in weekend. Jane goes there by her mini car. Stephen sits in the front seat. When they arrive in Frank’s house, Frank helps
Stephen to get down from the car with his wheelchair. Isobel runs up ahead with the children. Meanwhile, Jane loads the luggage from the car alone. Jane addresses his
father-in-law by using kinship term KT, “Papa”. Kinship term KT is a symbol to show respect as well as intimacy to the family member. Kinship term KT is also
used here as a result of family relation factor which influences the daughter-in-law to use such type in addressing his father-in-law.
4: 21 Frank Hawking
: Hello Jane Wilde
: Hello, Pa
Isobel Hawking : Isn’t it marvelous?
Jane Wilde : What about these steps, Pa?
Frank Hawking : Steps are nothing. Here we go
Jane Wilde : Want me to pull?
Frank Hawking : No, I’ll be fine. You get the luggage.
Sp : Jane Wilde
H : Frank Hawking
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Another dialogue that contains the phenomena of family relationship FR is written in the dialogue below.
The above example is a conversation between Jane and her mother, Beryl Wilde.
First, Jane tells her mother that she feels tired because of too many problems in her family. Jane needs something to refresh her mind. Then, Beryl gives her a suggestion
to join a church choir. She knows that one of Jane’s hobbies is singing. She loves singing since she was child.
Here, Jane addresses his mother by using “Mum”. She addresses her mother by using “Mum” to show respect as well as intimacy to the family member. The
intimacy between them can be seen from the way Jane gives an agreement when her mother gives a suggestion to join the church choir. The use of “mum” here is also a
result of a family relation that exists between Jane and her mother. 4: 22
Beryl Wilde : I’d like to make a suggestion. Might sound a bit unusual, but I
have seen it work wonders. I think, you should consider joining the church choir.
Jane Wilde : Mum—I think that is possibly the most English thing anyone has
ever said. Beryl Wilde : Maybe so.
Jane Wilde : I used to love singing.
Beryl Wilde : Just go. Sp
: Jane Wilde H
: Beryl Wilde ATS-34P53D-26
The next conversation written below also shows another phenomena of family relationship FR performed by the character.
The conversation above takes a place in Stephen Hawking’s house. In his motorized
wheelchair, Stephen runs after Robert from room to room at full speed. He looks extremely thrilled with the chair as he smashes into furniture. Jane tries to smile when
she working on her thesis. Here, the use of kinship terms KT, “daddy” and “mummy”, here is a result of a family relation that exists between Robert and his
parents. Kinship term KT in the conversation is used in an appropriate way because in line with the concept of address terms which states that a family relation factor can
be indicated through the use of kinship term.