Please take a moment to complete this survey below
Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThe problems of this study are: who and to whom are the Madurese
kinship address terms used by the Madurese and what social factors influenced the
choice of kinship address terms used by the Madurese. The method of this study is
descriptive?qualitative research because it only attempts to describe the
phenomena that happen in human life. Then, the writer takes the dialogues
randomly from the Madurese who live in the Mayangan district of Probolinggo to
collect the data. Based on the data that have been collected, Madurese address
terms used in Probolinggo district can be grouped into: pronoun, family terms,
loan terms and personal name. In this study, the writer was concerned with four
address terms, namely term emmak (mother), term eppak (father), term cebbing
(daughter) and term kacong (son). Based on the result and discussion, the writer
draws conclusion that Madurese address terms used in Probolinggo are related to
the person being addressed and the person who addresses the other, related to the
status of the users and the person addressed, to the ages, situation and the
closeness between the addresser and the addressee. There are some factors
influencing the address terms used in Probolinggo district, such as; ages, sex,
situation, relationship, etc. Furthermore, people must pay attention to the correct
usage of each term to whom, where, and when the term should be used in the
society. At last, the writer suggests that to avoid misunderstanding, the use of
kinship address terms should be given more attention.