Deixis Analysis in The Song Lyrics of Taylor Swift “22”

Santi Mulyati (1) , Ria Nirwana (2) , R. Yeni Dewi Cahyani (3)
(1) Department, Faculty of Letter, Al-Ghifari University,
(2) Department, Faculty of Letter, Al-Ghifari University,
(3) Department, Faculty of Letter, Al-Ghifari University
https://doi.org/10.53675/gist.v3i2.271
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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020): JURNAL SASTRA DAN BAHASA
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2021-11-06
Published
2020-12-11
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Abstract

ThisresearchaimstoanalyzefourtypesofdeixisbyusingtheoryofAlanCruse(2000),
interpretthereferencemeaningofdeixisandfindoutthemostdominanttypeofdeixis that
foundinthesonglyricsofTaylorSwift“22”.itconsistsofsuchdeictic wordsthat has
reference meanings. Therefore, the song lyrics can be analyzed using pragmatic
approach,specifically about deixis. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative
method. The data which is used is the song of Taylor Swift “22” and then itisclassifiedinto
thetypesofdeixis.Thefindingsshowedthatthetypesofdeixislike persondeixis,spatial
deixis,temporaldeixis,anddiscoursedeixisareusedinthesong lyrics of Taylor Swift “22”.
Based on discussion and finding can be concluded that all deixisarefoundinallsongs,
personaldeixisisthemostbeingfound(15Deicticwords or 51,7%) the word “I, Me, You and
We dominate all songs. in the second position DiscourseDeixisisfound(8deicticwordsor
27,6%)andSpatialDeixis(5deicticwords or 17,2%), in the last position is Temporal Deixis
(1 Deictic words or 3,4%)
Keywords: pragmatics, deixis, song lyric

Authors

Santi Mulyati
Department, Faculty of Letter, Al-Ghifari University
Ria Nirwana
Department, Faculty of Letter, Al-Ghifari University
R. Yeni Dewi Cahyani
Department, Faculty of Letter, Al-Ghifari University

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Deixis Analysis in The Song Lyrics of Taylor Swift “22”. (2020). The GIST, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.53675/gist.v3i2.271

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