Abstract
The objectives of this study are to explore the common personal names used in Banten society based on the gender, to discuss the traditional titles used in Banten society in relation to gender, to explain the gender kinshipterms figures in Banten language, and to find out whether there is kind of gender address names is found at SMAN 3 Kota Serang. In this research, the researcher uses a qualitative research. The data are obtained from the informants. The informant in this research is Bantenese indigenous and the rural common people. The data for this study were collected by means of an interview and liearture review. The result of the research shows that those titles are still found among Banten society recently. The examples of names related to high social status are the previous Banten governor, Ratu Atut Chosiyah;and the current regent of Serang regency, Ratu Tatu Chasanah. Common people’s names related to Banten’s titles are also still exist. Moreover, names in connection with traditional title in Banten are used as names of streets in Banten.
Highlights
A language for a person plays an important identification in the society
When we are addressing someone, Wardhaugh (2010) states more clearly that if we look at what is involved in addressing another, it seems that a variety of social factors usually governs our choice of terms: the particular occasion; the social status or rank of the other; gender; age; family relationship; occupational hierarchy; transactional status; race; or degree of intimacy
Terms or forms of address usually accompany a person to identify their status, class, rank or position in a particular community or society.Each category of address term has its special usage for particular people and under certain conditions
Summary
A language for a person plays an important identification in the society. According to Afzali (2011), by using language, people define their relationship to each other and identify themselves as part of a social group. Inappropriate use of address terms can hinder effective communication between the speaker and the hearer since they demonstrate the social relationship between a speaker and a listener in terms of status and social distance (Akindele, 2008) in Afzali (2011). Choosing the right terms of address to use in a hierarchical organization may not always be easy. According to (Fahim and Beraunrah, 2015), Choosing address terms represents the social relationship between speaker & addressee. Address terms are names used to address others in communication in society
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