PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education)
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2024): VOLUME 7 NUMBER 3, MAY 2024

DEIXIS IN NIKI ZEFANYA’S SONG LYRICS LIVE AT WILTERN ALBUM

Hidayatul Luthfiya Azizah (STKIP PGRI Ponorogo)
Adip Arifin (STKIP PGRI Ponorogo)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 May 2024

Abstract

The present study attempts to investigate the types of deixis in Niki Zefanya’s song lyrics Live at Wiltern album. Furthermore, it also investigates the most dominant deixis type realized in Niki Zefanya’s song lyrics Live at Wiltern album. To analyze the findings, Levinson’s theory (1983) on deixis is used. The study employs descriptive qualitative method. The data are taken from five songs within Live at Wiltern album (2023). The findings of research reveals a total of 522 data on the whole deixis type. Starting form the most dominant one, person deixis was found in a total of 312 findings or equal to 60% of the whole findings, followed by temporal deixis, 115 findings (22%), spatial deixis 56 findings (11%), social deixis 31 findings (6%), and discourse deixis 8 findings (1%). Based on the result of the study, it is highly suggested for other researcher to consider expanding the analysis to a broader range of musical genres and artists.

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project

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Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Focus PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) is a media for diseminating the result of research about language and education in English Education. Scope PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) publishes the research article in language, and education in English Education. ...