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DEIXIS IN TAYLOR SWIFT’S SONG LYRIS IN THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT ALBUM
XMLThis aims of this research are to find out types of deixis, interpret the reference
meaning of deixis that are found in the song lyrics of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured
Poets Department album based on Horn and Ward’s theory (2006) about deixis.
This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data which
is used is ten songs of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department album and
then they are classified into the types of deixis based on their own criteria. The
findings showed that types of deixis such as 295 personal deixis words, 53 spatial
deixis words, 51 temporal deixis words, 26 social deixis words, and 48 discoursal
deixis words are used in the song lyrics of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets
Departments Album. The use of personal deixis indicates the role participant in the
song. Moreover, the spatial deixis indicates the place or location of event in the
songs. While for temporal deixis, it indicates relative time of speech event which is
used in the song. Then, social deixis that occurs in nine songs in The Tortured Poets
Department album indicates the social status and also the close relation of
participants in this song. The last types is discoursal deixis which occurs in all songs
in this album refers to certain discourse that contains the utterance in the song lyric
as a signal and its relation to surrounding text.
Keywords: Deixis, Song Lyrics, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department
Album
Detail Information
| Item Type |
Skripsi (S1)
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|---|---|
| Penulis |
ELISABETH PRATIWI NORICO SINAGA - Personal Name
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| Student ID |
223118003
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| Dosen Pembimbing |
Prof. Dr. Drs. Himpun Panggabean, M.Hum. - - Dosen Pembimbing 1
Dr. Charles David Marudut Silalahi, S.Pd., M.Hum. - - Dosen Pembimbing 2 |
| Penguji |
Dr. Esron Ambarita, S.S., M.Hum. - - Penguji 1
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| Kode Prodi PDDIKTI |
79202
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| Edisi |
Published
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| Departement |
Sastra Inggris
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| Kontributor | |
| Bahasa |
English
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| Penerbit | Universitas Methodist Indonesia : Medan., 2026 |
| Edisi |
Published
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| Subyek | |
| No Panggil | |
| Copyright |
Fakultas Sastra Universitas Methodist Indonesia
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| Doi |







