Frasa: English Education and Literature Journal
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): Vol. 5 No. 2 September 2024

DEIXIS ANALYSIS ON SONG LYRICS IN THE ALBUM OF THE BLACK PARADE BY MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE A PRAGMATICS STUDY

Murti Wardhani, Evi (Unknown)
Eka Febiyanti, Latifah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2024

Abstract

This study focuse on a deixis analysis of the  lyrics of My Chemical Romance's album "The Black Parade," especially "Welcome to the Black Parade"  and "Famous Last Words” songs. The study identifies three types of deixis namely,  personal, temporal, and spatial. It is a descriptive qualitative study  to observe diectic expressionns then Yule’s theory about diexis is used to analyze the data. Result  shows that the most frequent  deixis used is personal after that spatial and temporal. By a detail analysis in Yule's theory, this study indicates how strategic is deixis  in song lyrics. It is able to convey the listeners complex narrative and emotional levels in enhancing the listener's interpretive experience. The pragmatic approach here enlights the deixis competence importance, when the listeners have limited lyrics  understanding to meet the context and reference inside songs lyric.  

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FRASA

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Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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Frasa: English Education and Literature Journal is a journal of English education, literature, and linguistics. This journal must be written in English. Each issue contains essays on a wide range of authors and literary texts in English, aimed at readers within schools, universities, and colleges. ...