@article{Rahmadany_Husein_2021, title={Deixis in the Song Lyrics of One Direction}, volume={5}, url={https://knepublishing.com/index.php/KnE-Social/article/view/8713}, DOI={10.18502/kss.v5i4.8713}, abstractNote={<p>This study aimed to investigate the types of deixis used in the song lyrics of One Direction, to find out the dominant types used and to describe the semantic meaning of the deixis. The song lyrics are associated with deixis since they express the singer’s or song writer’s feelings or emotions represented by some expressions of human thoughts, ideas and opinions. This study was conducted using a descriptive qualitative research design. The data were obtained from five songs of One Direction entitled Up All Night, Change My Mind, Everything about You, Little Things, and Right Now. Three types of deixis were found in the five songs and there were 108 deixis found in the lyrics. Person deixis was investigated as the most dominant type used in the lyrics. All deixis had their semantic meanings based on the situations of the songs.</p> <p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Deixis, Song, Lyrics, Semantics</p&gt;}, number={4}, journal={KnE Social Sciences}, author={Rahmadany, Savitri and Husein, Rahmad}, year={2021}, month={Mar.}, pages={582-591} }