A Deixis Analysis of Song "Devide" by Ed Sheeran

Abstrak

The purpose of this research is to identify the type of Deixis
and find the type of Deixis that is generally mastered in the
lyrics of the song Ed Sheeran Divide. This includes the type of
qualitative research. This research uses observation method.
The data collection method uses listening & analyzing the song
“Divide” by Ed Sheeran. The results of this study found that all
types of deixis were direct (68 dates ), location (4 dates), &
time (1 dates). Deixis is included on the lyrics to Ed Sheeran's
song Divide. People's deixis is often found in Ed Sheeran's
Divide lyrics. The most common types of deixis found in this
study were me and people deixis, such as me. The most generic
plural deixis is Sie using loose 20. Deixis serves to tell the role
contained in the lyrics. The effect of using Person Deixis is to
choose who is referred to in song lyrics. Locale deixis is used to
tell where or where the lyric incident took place.The effect of
local deixis is to create the same interpretation of the location
of the incident in the song lyrics. Deixis when used in the lyrics
to tell when the incident occurred. The effect according to
clock deixis is to emphasize that an incident has occurred or
has already occurred.