THE ANALYSIS OF DEIXIS IN JOE BIDEN'S SPEECH INAUGURATION

Marlinda. 2021. The Analysis of Deixis in Joe Biden’s Speech Inauguration. Final
project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts
Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dr. Dias Andris Susanto,
M.Pd. Advisor II: Dra. T. Sri Suwarti, M.Pd.
Keywords: Deixis, Types of Deixis, Inaugural Adress.
The objectives of this study are to identify the kinds of deixes and deixis behind the
inauguration address of President Joe Biden and to identify the significance of them
are shown in the most prevalent deictic words in the Inaugural Speech of Joe Biden.
In addition, to know the contribution this research provides to pragmatics teaching.
Qualitative method was employed for data analysis, and descriptive technique
was used for the methodology. From the five deixis kinds, The findings revealed
that three deixis, namely personal, spatial, and temporal deixis were identified in the
inauguration address of Joe Biden; Personal deixis (67% data), spatial deixis (21%
data) temporal deixis (12% data). The explanations of deixis also indicated that
personal deixis was the most significant type to be found in Joe Biden’s speech
inauguration. This Analysis discovered certain deixis which helped the speaker and
the listener better grasp the interpretation of utterance especially in Joe Biden’s
speech inauguration.