A Deixis Analysis Found in Elemental Movie Script

Abstract

The title of this research is “Deixis Analysis Found in Elemental Movie Script.” This research analyzes the use of types and function of deixis in the Elemental Movie Script. This research applied Levinson’s (1983) deixis theory and Jakobson’s function of language theory (1987). This analysis is crucial as certain words require contextual information to be fully understood. By examining the types and functions of deixis, a more detailed explanation of the message and meaning conveyed within a context can be achieved. A qualitative method with a descriptive approach is used in this research and several steps are taken to analysis including method of collecting, analyzing, and presenting the data. The data used in this research were obtained from the word of the utterance by the characters in Elemental Movie Script. The data collected by downloading the Elemental Movie Script from Scriptslug.com, reading the Elemental Movie Script, categorizing, and classifying the data that related to the types and functions of deixis. Based on the result of the analysis, there are five types of deixis found in this research, namely person deixis (56.03%), time deixis (15.56%), place deixis (21.40%), discourse deixis (14.40%), social deixis (4.67%). Meanwhile the function of deixis found five categories, namely referential (47.86%), conative (29.96), emotive (20.23), metalingual (0.78%), and phatic (2.72%). In conclusion, this analysis shows that words containing deixis and its functions are mostly dominated by person deixis and the referential function.