A SOCIOLINGUISTICS ANALYSIS OF ADDRESS TERMS PERFORMED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN RUNAWAY JURY MOVIE

This study is under a big field of linguistics. More specifically, it is a sociolinguistics study which explores the relationship between language and society. The aim of this study is to analyze sociolinguistics phenomenon called address terms performed by Rohr, the main character in Runaway Jury. This study has three objectives. They are to identify the types, functions, and social factors of address terms performed by the main character in Runaway Jury. This study employed mix methods which are descriptive qualitative and quantitative method since it described the phenomena of address terms in Runaway Jury. Moreover, the findings were presented in narrative and description. However, number and percentage was also used to support the analysis of the data. This study revealed three findings. First, there were seven types of address terms employed in this research. However, the main character employed five types of address terms in his utterances in the movie Runaway Jury. The five types were first name, title plus last name, title, last name, and pet name. The most appearing type of address term was title which occurred 25 times. Then, the second rank was first name with 18 occurrences. After that, title plus last name placed on the third rank which had 10 occurrences. The fourth rank was last name which occurs 2 times. Finally, pet name became the fifth rank since it only occurred once. Second, there were three functions of address terms performed by the main character in Runaway Jury. They were to show intimacy, power differential, and respect. To show respect became the most appearing phenomenon with 36 occurrences. After that, as the second rank, there was power differential with 25 occurrences. Then, intimacy became the third rank with 16 occurrences. Third, this research employed seven social factors that affect the main character of the movie in using certain types of address terms. The seven social factors were particular occasion, rank of other, age, family relationship, occupational hierarchy, transactional status, and degree of intimacy. Particular occasion was the first rank which occurred 34 times. The second and third ranks were transactional status and degree of intimacy with 21 and 18 occurrences. After that, as the fourth and fifth ranks, there were age and rank of other with 10 and five occurrences. Then, the sixth rank was occupational hierarchy which occurred 3 times