Types of Address Terms Uttered by the Characters in

Table 3. Social Factors of Address Terms Uttered by the Characters in The Theory of Everything Movie No. Social Factors of Address Terms Occurrences 1. Particular Occasion PO 3 2. Social Status SS 14 3. Gender G 4. Age A 2 5. Family Relationship FR 5 6. Occupational Hierarchy OH 7. Transactional Status TS 8. Race R 9. Degree of Intimacy DI 16 Total 40 Table 3 shows five social factors of address terms which are employed by the characters in The Theory of Everything movie. They are particular occasion PO, social status SS, age A, family relationship FR, and degree of intimacy DI. Gender G, occupational hierarchy OH, transactional status TS, and race R are the social factors which never affect the characters of the movie in using certain types of address terms. The dominant social factor of address terms found in the movie is degree of intimacy DI. It occurs 16 times out of the total 40 data. In the second rank is social status SS with 14 occurrences of the total 40 data. The third highest frequency is family relationship FR. It occurs 5 times out of the total 40 data. The fourth is particular occasion PO which only occurs 3 times out of 40 data. The fifth is age A which only occurs twice out of 40 data. The last social factors are gender G, occupational hierarchy OH, transactional status TS, and race R which is never used by the characters of the movie. The social factor of address terms which mostly influences the use of address terms by the characters is degree of intimacy DI. In this kind of settings, first name is usually used to address someone as it indicates equality and familiarity. By using this type of address terms, it is regarded as a sign of considerable intimacy. Degree of intimacy DI is dominantly performed by the characters since the settings of the conversations mostly take place in a house. In a house, the interactions between the members of the family are mostly depicted.

B. Discussion

This section presents the discussion of the research based on the research findings in the previous section and the problem formulations stated in Chapter I. This section identifies the types and the social factors of address terms employed by the characters in The Theory of Everything movie.

1. Types of Address Terms Uttered by the Characters in

The Theory of Everything Movie This part contains the explanations of the data findings in reference to the data analysis. There are seven types of address terms which emerged in the conversation between the characters in The Theory of Everything movie. Each of them contains several particular forces. All are discussed as follows:

a. First name FN

First name is simply how people address other people by their first name. The use of first name in daily conversation is affected by some factors. Sometimes, people use first name to show intimacy or to show superiority. The social factors that usually govern the choice of first name are social status SS, age A, and degree of intimacy DI. As shown in Table 2, there are 23 occurrences of first name found in the movie. The first evidence of first name FN performed by the character in the movie can be seen in the conversation below. It is clear that the example above shows that Dennis Sciama addresses Stephen Hawking using “Stephen” which belongs to first name FN type. Stephen arrives late to Dennis Sciama’s class. Then, Stephen sets two train timetables on the table. One of several physicists pushes the train timetables down the desk. Sciama picks them up and looks at the timetables. Unexpectedly, they are filled with tiny formulas and calculations. Sciama registers growing amazement and everyone staring at Stephen. In this dialogue, Dennis Sciama addresses his student, Stephen, by using first name 4: 01 Stephen arrives late Dennis Sciama : Have you even bothered, Stephen? Stephen Hawking : Uh…sorry. Stephen sets two train timetables on the table. Others push the timetables down the desk to Sciama, who picks them up. Dennis Sciama : Right. Train timetables? Sp : Dennis Sciama H : Stephen Hawking ATS-6 P13D-5