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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelKinship term of address is important because it lets individual know the
exact nature of his relationship to each of his relatives and how he is related to
others. In this research, the writer investigated the use of kinship terms of address
by the second generations and the third generations of Mei Xien Cantonese
Chinese Indonesian Family in Surabaya. In particular, the writer attempted to find
what kinship address terms are used by both generations and what social factors
affect the use. The main theory that the writer uses for this research is the theory
of kinship term by Beals. From Beal?s theory, the writer founds that kinship
terminology is important because it is a term to address the various kin types or
positions in a family tree in accordance to nine classifications of kinsmen namely,
generation, sex, lineality-collaterality, affinity-consanguinity, age, sex of speaker,
nature of connecting relative, reciprocity, and condition of relative referred to.
The writer used the descriptive approach in this study. There were two research
instruments that the writer used for collecting data such as interview and
observation. It was found from both instruments that the second generations still
use Mei Xien Cantonese kinship systems to address their families or relatives.
Thus, the second generations still follow the old Chinese tradition. Sex and age
are the social factors that influenced the use of kinship address terms among the
paternal line, within family and maternal line in the second generations. Sex is
influential because the rule of patrilineal system of Chinese naturally leads to
conceptual discrimination against female. Age is also regarded highly by the
second generation because it can help them to subordinate the later generations.
As with the third generation, they have already deviated from the old Chinese
tradition. For example, they address one who is younger only by name. Some
others mix the address terms with another system, Mandarin. The difference in
age count especially when the Mei Xien Cantonese people have to address the
other members in the same generation or people outside family.