The use of forms of address in Phantom of the Opera / Dewianti Khazanah

Main Author: Khazanah, Dewianti
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed
Terbitan: , 2009
Online Access: http://repository.um.ac.id/10749/
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  • Theprincipleoflanguageusageisdeterminedbythesocialinteractionofthepeopleinacommunity.Thustheuseoflanguagebythespeakersmightconveythedegreeofpowerandsolidaritythatliebetweenthem.Thesesocialrealitiesareconveyedbythespeakersuseofsocialdeixistheencodingofsocialdistinctionsthatarerelativetotheparticipant-rolesparticularlyaspectsofthesocialrelationshipholdingbetweenspeakerandtheaddressee(s)orspeakerandsomereferents.Oneofthekindsofsocialdeixiswhichisusedbyspeakersisformofaddress.Thewaythespeakersaddresstheaddresseescandescribethesocialrelationshipbetweenthem.ThisresearchtriestoobservetheuseofformsofaddressbythecharactersinthePhantomoftheOperanovel.Bydoingthisresearchtheresearchertriestoelaboratehowtheformsofaddresswhichareusedbythecharactersexplainthedimensionofpowerandsolidaritywhichwerecreatedbytheauthorofthenovel.ThisresearchisanalyzrdbasedonformsofaddressflowchartwhichwasdevelopedbyErvinTrippin1971.TheresearchoftheuseofformsofaddressinPhantomoftheOperashowsthat1)TitleLastNameisusedtomarktheprofessionalpositionofthecharactersinthenovel2)MonsieurLastNameisasexbasedformsofaddressthatisusedtomarkthedistancedegreeofformalityandthenotionofnon-familiaritybetweencharacters3)MadameLastNameisusedastheformsofaddresstosetformalitysettingtowomanemployeesintheoperahouseandformofaddresswhichisdedicatedtoarespectedaddressee4)MademoiselleLastNameisusedtosetaformalitysettinganddistancebetweenthespeakerandtheaddressee5)KinshipLastNameisusedtoaddresssomeonewhoisconsideredasafamilymember6)FirstNameisusedtoreferaninferiorstrengthenthedegreeofintimacybetweenthespeakerandtheaddresseeandaddresssomeonewhoseidentityisrevealed7)MultipleNamesorthetermsofendearmentsareusedtoshowthespeakerssexualintimacytowardtheaddressee..