Politeness Analysis in Addressing Terms Used in Titanic Movie Script

Abstract

People cannot be separated from an interaction. Communication is one of interaction type. Communication can be oral and written. In oral communication, speakers do not only express their feeling, but also show how deep the respect to the hearer as addresses. Politeness is showing good manner being nice behavior or etiquette in social rules. Addressing someone in conversation is one way to show politeness. The research objectives are; to describe the kind of addressing terms, the reason of the using addressing terms and politeness pattern of addressing terms used in the Titanic movie script. This research design is descriptive qualitative. The data are collected from the dialogue containing personal addressing terms in the movie script. The method of collecting data is documentation. This research uses deductive analysis. The finding research showed that there were five kinds of addressing terms. Those were addressing term using name, kinship, intimacy, respect and mockery. The reasons of employing kinds of addressing term were to show the intimacy, the power/authority, the respect, the politeness and anger or dislike. Politeness patterns of addressing terms used in movie script were asymmetrical T/V usage, symmetrical/ mutual T (Tu) usage and symmetrical/mutual V (Vous) usage.