The Variation of Address Terms Used by Family of Puri Agung Singaraja and Their Interlocutors in Their Daily Communications

Abstract

This present study aimed at identifying variants of address
terms used by family of Puri Agung Singaraja and their
interlocutors in their daily communication. This study was
a descriptive study whose objective was to describe the
characteristics of particular sample or individual or other
phenomena. The subject of this study were the family of
Puri Agung Singaraja. In collecting the intended data, the
researcher used two instruments namely tape recorder
which was used to record conversations and note book
used to note various situation or context in which the
conversations took place. The result of this study shows
that there are ten variations of address terms used by the
family of Puri Agung Singaraja. The variation ranges from
addressing a father, a mother, brothers and sisters, uncles
and aunts. The variations take place as a result of the
influence of types of social relations between the speakers
and the interlocutors.