An Analysis of Deixis in Snow White and The Huntsman Movie Script

Alfathmy Alfathmy(1), Anisa Nurjanah(2),
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia

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Copyright (c) 2024 Alfathmy Alfathmy, Anisa Nurjanah

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/ell.v13i4.130615

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Abstract


This study aims to find the types of deixis and deixis references in the Snow White and the Huntsman movie. This study was conducted using a descriptive qualitative method. The data were taken from conversations based on the main characters and minor characters in the Snow White and the Huntsman movie and the data source was the Snow White and the Huntsman movie script. This study used Levinson's theory (1983) to classify the types of deixis and Yule’s theory (1996) to find deixis referents. The data revealed 170 conversations based on the Types of Deixis . Then, the types of deixis that dominant occurred were Personal Deixis as much as 90 times (52.94%). Then, the lowest frequency occurred in Time Deixis. It occurred 9 times (5.30%). In addition, 55 conversations based on Referents of Deixis occurred in Snow White and The Huntsman movie. The dominant frequency was Referential Use. It occurred 19 times (34.54%) and the least occurrence was Attributive Use. The frequency is 5 times (9.09%). 


Keywords


Deixis; Reference; Snow White and The Huntsman.

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