Deixis of Narration: Research in the Student Education in Indonesian Language and Literature, Faculty of Language and Literature, State University of Makassar University

Abstract

This study aims to analyze deixis in the narration of student education Indonesian language and literature. The data sources were collected from the narrations of students in the 2014 academic year. The data were analyzed by using the content analysis method with reference to the various types of deixis. The research results show that the location of person deixis in a recurring sentence network is sometimes with a similar word. Second, the placement of spatial deixis is at the beginning of a sentence, the middle of a sentence, and the end of a sentence. Third, the placement of temporal deixis can be in the form of a deixis expressing start with the word of “sejak” (since) its location reside in the middle of a sentence. Temporal deixis there is also in the form of boundary time at the same time with the word ‘sedari’ (since) which its location be at middle sentence, while temporal deixis with the word ‘sementara, ketika, dan selama’ (whereas, when, and during) are located at the early sentence.

Keywords: deixis, narration, placement

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