Deixis Analysis on Written Text in Junior High School Textbook

Abstract

Communication is very important for human beings. Humans can convey something and receive information through communication. Communication can also be done in two ways, namely through spoken and written language. The meaning of utterance will depend on the context and co-text. Therefore, there should be a relationship between language and its context. In addition, this relationship can be understood through the introduction of deixis. Furthermore, textbooks also have an important role in the learning and teaching system. By understanding the content of the text through deixis, it is hoped that it can help students understand the meaning of the message conveyed in the written text contained in every junior high school textbook which the students used. The purpose of this study is to identify and describe the five types of deixis and to find out the most dominant deixis expression in the written texts and deixis contribution to teach English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The findings of the study show that the researchers found 332 deixis that appears in the twenty written texts of two different textbooks. The most dietic expression found in the written text is person deixis, that is 81,93% or 272 words.