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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis study concerns with address term. Conducting this study, the writer is
curious to know about the second-person term of address used by Petra Christian
University Chinese Indonesian students in their daily informal conversation.
Besides, the writer also wants to know the particular second-person term of
address they use to address their Chinese and Javanese friends. Here, the writer
investigates the influence of addressee?s ethnicity towards Petra Chinese
Indonesian students? choice in using particular second-person term of address.
Later on, through the findings, the writer decides how or in what way addressee?s
ethnicity influences the use of address term. Thus, this study is supported by
sociolinguistics theories on Language Choice about its social factors by Janet
Holmes and Kridalaksana. Since this study is focused on the second-person term
of address, the writer then also uses Henrikus Supriyanto et al theory, which
mentions the five different kinds of address terms used/spoken in East Java.
Moreover, the study uses descriptive approach as it is designed to obtain
information dealing with the use of second-person term of address in relation with
addressee?s ethnicity. Finally, the writer finds out that those Chinese Indonesian
students tend to address their Chinese friends using kamu, koen, anda, jokes name
and paraban name. Meanwhile, they address their Javanese friends with kamu,
kowe, koen or paraban name. Even more interesting, the writer finds out that in
some conversations address term is sometimes not being used/absent. Last of all,
the writer finds out that the use of second-person term of address is not influenced
by addressee?s ethnicity; rather it is influenced by the speaker?s regional dialect.