DEIXIS AND DISTANCE

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DEFINITIONWikipedia

Deixis is the function o pointing or specify form the perspective of a participant in an act of speech.

Yule (1996:9) deixis is a technical term (from Greek) for one of the most basic things we do with utterance.

“Pointing Via Language” is called “Deictic Expression” or Indexical.

Lyons (1995:303-304) Deixis boleh jadi merupakan

cara alami manusia sejak dini dengan menggunakan bagian tubuh.

“what’s that?”

Deictic expression basic

Face-to-face spoken

interaction

deixis

Person deixis

Spatial Deixis

Temporal Deixis

Person deixis Consern itself with grammatical

person involved in an utterance. In English the distinctions are generally indicated by pronouns

1st person = I2nd Person = You3rd person = she, he or it

Spatial Deixis Also known as place deixis, concerns

itself with the spatial location relevant to an utterance.Adverbs = “ here ” and “ there “Demonstrative = “ this “ and “ that “

She was sitting over THEREI enjoy living in THIS city

Temporal Deixis Concern itself with the various time involved

in and referred to in utterance.Adverb = “now” , “then” and “soon”

It is rain now, but I hope my heart will be sunny.

Deixis and grammar The basic distinction so far for person,

spatial and temporal deixis can all be seen at work in one of the most common structural distinction made in English grammar.

Are you planning to be here this evening?

(circumstance of asking)

Levinson, 1983:54

Tahap pertama

• mengkodekan lebih dahulu esensi konteks ataupun peristiwa tutur ke dalam bentuk gramatika. . Esensi konteks itu adalah makna atau apa yang dipersepsi oleh penutur dari konteks.

Tahap kedua

• bentuk gramatikal dengan muatan makna direalisasikan dalam wujud ekspresi lingual,

Tahap ketiga

• dimaknai oleh mitra tutur menurut pemahamannya terhadap konteks yang melatari dihasilkannya ekspresi lingual tersebut.

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