Deixis used in the novel entitled the good muslim by tahmima anam

Siska Purwanti,Artanti Puspita Sari,Rusman Roni

doi:10.29210/021028jpgi0005

Abstract

his research investigated Deixis used in the novel entitled The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam.This study was conducted to find out; (1) types of deixis contained in utterances of the novel entitled the Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam, (2) types of deixis were used most in the Novel entitled The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam. Therefore, it gived significant to the author herself, the learners, other researchers and english teachers. The writer used levinson’s theory in analyzing the data. The methodology of this research was qualitative descriptive study. The technique used to collect the data was documentation. The data was taken from 1.972 utterances of the novel entitled the Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam. From the data have been analyzed, it was found that there were five types of deixis, they were person deixis occured 1.723 times (87.4%), place deixis occured 53 times (2.7%), time deixis occured 68 times (3.4%), discourse deixis occured 83 times (4.2 %), person deixis occured 45 times (2.3 %). The most commonly used types of deixis was person deixis occuring 1.723 times (87.4%).

Highlights

This research investigated Deixis used in the novel entitled The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam.This study was conducted to find out; (1) types of deixis contained in utterances of the novel entitled the Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam, (2) types of deixis were used most in the Novel entitled The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam
Phrases of Deixis are central to pragmatics since they contribute to the sense of language
The author has taken the statements containing the form of deixis in the novel The Good Muslim by [3]

Summary

Introduction

This research investigated Deixis used in the novel entitled The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam.This study was conducted to find out; (1) types of deixis contained in utterances of the novel entitled the Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam, (2) types of deixis were used most in the Novel entitled The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam. If we do not know the time, place and who the speaker is, i.e. the context of the word, the importance of this word cannot be established Expressions such as I, you, we, Purwanti, S., et al. Phrases of Deixis are central to pragmatics since they contribute to the sense of language. The novel comes from the Italian "novella" meaning "a story or a piece of news." Dialog is formed between characters of the book; some words contain deixis elements that are analyzable. In this analysis the novel by [3], titled "The Good Muslim," is the novel to be discussed. As the author attempted to discover, it was understood that the terms contain deixis expressions

Methods

Results

Conclusion