AN ANALYSIS OF ADDRESS TERMS RECEIVED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH IN THE PRINCE ANIMATED SERIES

This research contains a little observation into address terms received by Queen
Elizabeth in animated series entitled The Prince. It aims to find out the types and
social factors regarding the use of address terms. The method of this research is
descriptive-qualitative method. The researcher employs content analysis to analyze
certain phenomena in language use. The data were taken from the subtitles of the
animated series. Based on the theory by Wardhaugh, address terms are categorized
into seven types and classified into nine social factors. The results show that the
most frequently used address terms were kinship terms with 37 (49%) occurrences.
However, Queen Elizabeth in this animated series never received first name, title
plus last name, and last name as address terms. Addressing the queen in the series
was mainly influenced by the gender of the addressee, familial ties, and the degree
of intimacy between the addressers and the addressee. On the other hand, the
address terms were never influenced by factors such as race, transactional status,
occupational hierarchy, and age. The findings suggest that Queen Elizabeth
received address terms that were mostly gender-specific and intimate. The majority
of address terms that Queen Elizabeth received in this series came from her family
members with the tendency to be informal, while a few of the address terms were
uttered by the servants and other characters who speak to the queen formally.
Keywords: sociolinguistics, address terms, animated series