Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020): Prologue : Journal on Language and Literature

The References of Using Deixis in the Novel The Kite Runner

Ika Novia Sri Haryanti (Universitas Balikpapan)
Wahyuni Wahyuni (Unknown)
Waladdin Panggabean (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Mar 2021

Abstract

There are two objectives of this research; to identify the types of deixis used in the utterances in the novel The Kite Runner; and to explain the references of using deixis found in the novel. The method used in this research is the qualitative descriptive method because the data were analyzed in the form of words and utterances. The theory used in this research is the Deixis theory by Stephen C. Levinson’s, also supported by the theory of references by Yule. The result of this research shows that there are five types of deixis found in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, those are person deixis, place deixis, time deixis, discourse deixis, and social deixis. The references of using deixis found anaphora and cataphora. Based on the data deixis that has been found and analyzed by the researcher in this research, person deixis is more dominant used in the novel, and for the use of references, anaphora reference is more dominant used than cataphora reference in the novel The Kite Runner.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jurnal_prologue

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Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature published by Faculty of Letters, Balikpapan University. It is published twice a year, namely March and September. It publishes papers in language and literature. The scopes of the topics include but not limited to (1) Literature; (2) Linguistics; (3) ...