ACITYA Journal of Teaching & Education
Vol 4 No 1 (2022): Acitya: Journal of Teaching and Education

Deixis in The Novel The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

Waladdin Panggabean (Universitas Balikpapan)
Khusnul Khatimah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2022

Abstract

This research aims to identify the types of deixis used in the utterances in the novel The Kite Runner. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive method because the data were analysed in the form of words and utterances. The data were taken from the utterances which is uttered by the characters in the novel. The theory used in this research is Deixis theory by Stephen C. Levinson’s, 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. Based on the data deixis that have been found and analysed by the researcher in this research, person deixis is more dominant used in the novel.

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acitya

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Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

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ACITYA Journal of Teaching & Education provides scientific article of teaching and education that can be publications of scientific articles, book reviews, original research reports, and reviews in education. This journal consists of three sections. Paper must be submitted according to the section. ...