An Analysis Of Deixis In The Song Lyrics "Abracadabra" By Mulan Jameela

Abstract

Deixis is a branch of pragmatics that describes how language is used to indicate who, when, and where depending on the utterance's context. This study emphasizes the deixis in the lyrics of Mulan Jameela's song called "Abracadabra." Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the kinds of deixis that exist in the lyrics of Mulan Jameela's song "Abracadabra." The descriptive qualitative method was applied to analyze the data, and Mulan Jameela's lyrics to the song were used. The theory used in analyzing the data is the theory proposed by George Yule that discusses the types of deixis. Applying the analysis, it shows that all types of deixis are found in the song lyrics by Mulan Jameela. They consist of person deixis, spatial deixis, temporal deixis. The result of this study shows that person deixis is the most widely used type of deixis. So, Deixis helps people who use languages very much in order to effectively apply what other individuals are conveying.