Deixis Interpretation Of Jokowi's Utterances In "Al Jazeera English News"

Abstract

This study deals with the types of deixis and the meaning of deixis of Jokowi‟s Utterances in “Al Jazeera English News”. This study was qualitative research method. The objectives of the study were to investigate the types of Deixis and to describe the meaning of deixis of Jokowi‟s Utterances in “Al Jazeera English News”. The data were transcript of Jokowi‟s Utterances on video “Al Jazeera English News”. The finding showed that there were three types of deixis were found on video Jokowi‟s Utterances in “Al Jazeera English News”. They were person deixis, temporal deixis and spatial deixis. The most dominant types of deixis that Jokowi used in his utterances was person deixis and the deictic word „I‟ and „We‟ were the dominant deictic words that Jokowi used in his utterances which interpreted that Mr. Jokowi is a firm and unobtrusive leader.