THE TERMS OF ADDRESS USED BY THE CHARACTERS IN JANE AUSTANE’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY

ABSTRACT

In the analysis, the researcher analyzes the terms of address that are used by the characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. In this thesis the researcher explains the form of the terms of address, distribution of the form of the terms of address in syntactic construction, the influences of the use and the function of the terms of address that are used by the characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

To make the analysis easy, this thesis has sources of data, including main and supporting data. Main data are taken from novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. In collecting the main data, the writer reads some materials and observes the novel Pride and Prejudice carefully and critically, and then the data are written in the data cards. The supporting data are the data that are related to support the main data. The supporting data are taken from some books, articles and internet that study about address terms to help the writer to interpret the novel Pride and Prejudice easier.. The researcher takes some theories from sources such as books, internet sites, or articles.

This thesis is qualitative research. In the analysis, the researcher uses observation method, because all data are taken from the dialogue from the novel itself. In method of analyzing data, the researcher also uses qualitative method, which is descriptive method and contextual method because terms of address can be analyzed from the context of sentence. In this thesis, the researcher uses sociolinguistics approach in analyzing the subject.
Based on the findings and discussion, the results of the research can be summarized that there are four elements of the terms of address that are used by the characters in Pride and Prejudice. In the form of address, there is only: basic form (100%). All of the terms of address in this novel is the basic form. There are three distributions of the terms of address. The percentage of the beginning is 32,69% while the middle has 30,76% and the end of the sentence has 36,53%. There are some influences of the terms of address. There are formal situation (31,81%) and informal situation (68,18%). The percentage of informal situation is dominant than formal situation because it is used more to address among the families or close friends. Other influences of the terms of address are social status (31,81%), age (9,09%), kinship (50%0, and intimacy (9.09%). Kinship has big percentage because it is used to address among the relatives. There are the function of the terms of address: sign of respect (20,40%), sign of intimation (8,16%), sing of love (57,14%), and sing of assert (14,28%). sign of love has big percentage because in this novel, many characters among the families or close friends.