Student; Excuse me, I want to see Miss Ina. Officer: Miss Ina the English teacher? OK,
intimate to them. Moreover, the two men are older than the students, thus the students should respect them by using TLN. In
other words, the function of TLN used by the students is to show respect, while age and degree of intimacy are the social factors
behind the choice. Although the concept of TLN is used correctly by the
addresser, the application of TLN in the conversation is inappropriate. The addresser uses title plus first name instead of
last name which is not inline with the address system of English. The use of inappropriate TLN here is likely caused by the names of
the addressees which only consist given name without a last name. The use of TLN with the same function of showing respect
and social factor of age A but with the wrong application also happens in other several data as follows:
4.7 Student A: Is Mr Gabra playing soccer?
Student B: No, he isn‟t. He‟s playing tennis. FVIIIU14a
4.8 Student A: Who is she?
Student B: She‟s Ms Renata. Student A: What does she do?
Student B: A civil servant, I think.
SFVIIU487a 4.9 Student: Excuse me, m
a‟am. Are you Miss Komala,
the Indonesian teacher? Teacher: Yes, I am.
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4.10 Mr Toni : Toni‟s speaking.
Nurul : Hello, Mr Toni. This is Nurul.
Could I speak to Dona, please? Mr Toni
: Hi, Nurul. Mmmm let me see. Oh, Dona‟s taking a nap.
TVIIIU8184b The above example is a phone conversation between Mr
Toni, Dona‟s father, and Nurul. Here, Nurul asks whether she can speak to Dona or not. Nurul uses TLN to address Mr Toni, because
Mr Toni is her friend‟s father that should be respected. Moreover,
Nurul is not intimate yet as well to Mr Toni, though he is her friend‟s father, thus TLN is chosen. Here, the function of TLN
used by Nurul is to show respect, and degree of intimacy DI becomes the factor behind her choice.
The use of TLN in the conversation is inappropriate based on the address system, though the concept is correctly used there.
The concept of using TLN to respect the ones whom a person is not intimate to is correct. The application, however, is not inline
with the authentic English address system in which title should only be followed by the last name. In the above phone conversation,
Nurul uses title followed by first name to address. 4.11 Mr Simbolon : Hello, SMP Nusantara, Simbolon
speaking. Tigor
: Good morning Mr Simbolon. Could I speak to Miss Ina, please?
Mr Simbolon : And who‟s this?
Tigor : Ups sorry, it‟s me Tigor.
Mr Simbolon : Oh, hi Tigor. Hold on.
Miss Ina : Ina‟s speaking.
Tigor : Hello, Miss Ina. This is Tigor.
Miss Ina : Hello Tigor, how are you?
Tigor : I‟m not sure, ma‟am.
FVIIIU8183 The data above shows a phone conversation between a
school officer and a student who wants to speak to his teacher to get permission for not able to go to school. The student addresses
the officer by using TLN. This type functions to show respect from a student to the officer who is older than him as well as has higher
status in the school hierarchy. Besides, the student also uses TLN to address his teacher. TLN is also used to respect the teacher as
someone whom has higher status in the school system. Thus, there is a function appeared from using TLN for two different people; to
show respect. However, there are two different factors that influence; the factor influencing the student to use TLN to school
officer is because of age, while the factor behind the use of TLN to the teacher is because of social status.
The use of TLN in above data is partly appropriate and partly inappropriate. The use is appropriate when the student
addresses the school officer, Mr Simbolon. This TLN is correctly used, since the concept is inline with the idea of respecting older
by using TLN, besides the application of TLN is inline with the addressing system in which using title plus last name, Simbolon.
Simbolon is one of the types of last or family names of Batak tribe,