Abstract
ThisresearchaimstoanalyzefourtypesofdeixisbyusingtheoryofAlanCruse(2000), interpretthereferencemeaningofdeixisandfindoutthemostdominanttypeofdeixis thatfoundinthesonglyricsofTaylorSwift“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 itisclassifiedintothetypesofdeixis.Thefindingsshowedthatthetypesofdeixislike persondeixis,spatialdeixis,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(8deicticwordsor27,6%)andSpatialDeixis(5deicticwords or 17,2%), in the last position is Temporal Deixis (1 Deictic words or 3,4%)Keywords: pragmatics, deixis, song lyric
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