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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn the indigenous Javanese community, the young generations view Javanese as
their mother language. However, the fact shows that restriction of the functional use of
Javanese language and its position as a regional language may himper the young
generation to master it well. Responding to this phenomenon, the writer wants to know the
mastery of the Javanese language as mirrored in the use of the terms of address by those
young generations. This use of the terms of address indicates how well someone masters
the language because it also reveals politeness , status and the social distance between the
speaker and the interlocutor.The elaboration of research questions will be focused on four
topics, what Javanese language levels the young generation use, what terms of address are
used by them to their family members, how the relationship of the terms of address with
the language level is, and what social aspects affect the choice of the terms of address. As
the underlying theories, the writer mentions what the term of address is (including kinship
term), the identification of the Javanese language levels, and the concept of power and
solidarity that influence the addressor in every encounter to their family members. In the
previous studies, there are Hildred Geertz, Moeljono and Supriyanto et al who were also
doing study in the field of the terms of address.
The writer involves 20 junior high school students in Jagalan Kampong, Kediri
as her respondents and she is the participant observer. As a method of data collection, the
writer uses natural observation method. Besides the information from the note taking, the
writer also conducting interviews as a means to cross check and to confirm the result of the
analysis.
The analysis of this thesis deals with four research questions, the Javanese
language levels and the terms of address used by the respondents, the relationship between
the terms of address and the language level, and also the social aspect affect the use of the
terms of address. This analysis answers and shows the fact about the knowledge and the
competence of the young generations toward the Javanese language nowadays.
The writer of this thesis comes to the conclusion that the recent young
generations tend to undergo the flaw in the mastery of the Javanese language particularly
in the use of the terms of address and the use of content words. They are more concerned
with the solidarity concept rather than power in addressing their interlocutors. By doing so,
in some cases they are not aware of the politeness, ettiquette, status and social distance that
must be shown toward their addressee.