English Community Journal
Vol 9, No 2 (2025): English Community Journal

LINGUISTIC TRAILS THROUGH THE FOREST: TRACKING DEIXIS IN MAVKA: THE FOREST SONG

Rositasari, Tri (Unknown)
Sulaiman, Masagus (Unknown)
Andrini, Andrini (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Nov 2025

Abstract

This research aimed to find out the kinds and meanings of deixis, as well as its potential recommendation to teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL). This research employed a qualitative research method case study design to understand the phenomenon that the research subject experienced, such as behaviour, perception, motivation, action, and so forth, was the goal of qualitative research (Moleong, 2017). In this research, the researchers used two kinds of data sources. The primary data and secondary data. The primary data was movie script of Mavka: The forest song movie by Malamuzh and Oleksandra Ruban and secondary data was journals that related to deixis. To collect the data, the researchers applied triangulation in term of documentation technique. To analyse the data, the researchers applied triangulation. This study identified 23 instances of person deixis which include first-person, second-person, and third-person references. The researchers also found out 10 places deixis, 12 times deixis, 5 discourses deixis, and 6 social deixis.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

englishcommunity

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Subject

Education

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English Community Journal is a journal of English Education Journal of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education at Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang. English Community Journal includes articles of English Education and published in twice a year, march and September. English Community Journal ...