A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ADDRESS TERMS UTTERED BY THE CHARACTERS IN JAMES MARSH’S THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING MOVIE

Abstract

In this research address terms uttered by the characters in The Theory of Everything movie are analyzed using sociolinguistic approach. This research has two objectives; to identify the types of address terms which are uttered by the characters in the movie and to analyze the social factors that affect the characters in the movie in certain types of address terms. This research employed descriptive qualitative method. The results of this research are as follows. First, there are seven types of address terms. However, only five are used by the characters of the movie. They are first name, title with last name, title only, special name, kinship term. Second, there are nine social factors in this research. However, only five social factors are used by the characters. They are particular occasion, social status, age, family relationship, and degree of intimacy.

Keywords: sociolinguistic, address terms, The Theory of Everything movie