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THE ANALYSIS OF DEIXIS ON MAIN CHARACTERS? UTTERANCES IN THE CHOICE MOVIE

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Ningtyas, Eka Novi Ayu. 2017 : The Analysis of Deixis on Main Characters? Utterances in The Choice Movie
Advisor : 1. Drs. Budi Susatyo, M.Pd
2. Dyah Kurniawati, M.Pd
Key Words : Deixis, Main Characters, conversation, The Choice

Deixis is the word which can be interpreted its meaning based on the context. Then movie is one of the interesting media for language learning. It has great influences in developing English language, especially in the study about deixis.
In this research, the writer discusses the use of deixis on main characters in The Choice. The aims of this research are to describe: 1) the kinds of deixis used by main characters in The Choice, 2) the dominant deixis used by main characters in The Choice. The writer analyzes the utterances uttered by both of them while doing conversation.
The method used in this research was descriptive qualitative. The data is taken from the transcript of The Choice. The research data of this study are kinds of deixis and the dominant deixis used by main characters in The Choice. To collect the data, she used some steps; watching The Choice movie, searching script of The Choice, and reading the script. To analyze the data, the following steps were taken: 1. identifying the utterances; 2. selecting the utterances by classifying them based on the theory of deixis; 3. segmenting the data into fragments; 4. describing the kinds of deixis; 5. calculating the percentage of deixis; 6. finding the dominant kind of deixis; 7. discussing the finding of the study; 8.making conclusion. In analyzing the utterances, the writer used the theory of Yule.
Finally, the method used in this research was descriptive qualitative. To focus on the study, the writer limits herself to analyze 235 utterances, in nineteen fragments based on the topic. From the analysis, the writer found three types of d deixis; they are personal deixis has 541 deixis words or 88% of the total number, which includes (Travis: 335 and Gabby: 206 deixis words); spatial deixis has 44 deixis words or 6% of the total number, which includes (Travis: 28 and Gabby: 16 deixis words) and temporal deixis has 44 deixis words or 6% of the total number, which includes (Travis: 21 and Gabby: 23 deixis words). So it can be concluded that personal deixis is the dominant kind of deixis used by main character?s while doing conversation in The Choice.

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00023-2017-BING

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Tuban : Unirow., 2017

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