DEIXIS FOUND IN PRESS BRIEFING EPISODES IN “ THE WHITE HOUSE “ CHANNEL

Astuti, Putri Ayu. 2023. Deixis Found in Press Briefing Episodes in “ The White
House “ channel, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts
Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dr. Senowarsito, M.Pd.,
Advisor II: Faiza Hawa, S.Pd., M.Pd.
Keywords: Deixis, Press Briefing, The White House
The researcher used the press briefing video from "The White House" YouTube
channel. This research aims to identify the types of deixis found in press briefing
episodes on the White House channel’s YouTube channel, as well as the dominant
deixis found in the text, and to describe the implication of understanding deixis on
comprehending the text. This study used the qualitative method to analyze the data.
The data taken from three press briefing videos uploaded to the White House's
YouTube channel shows the discovery of three types of deixis. The researcher
found that the total deixis found in the three video press briefings uploaded on "The
White House" channel was 4.366 words. There were shown the total found types of
deixis with person deixis was 2.693 words (62%), and then spatial deixis was 1.382
words (31%), lastly, temporal deixis was 291 words (7%). The dominant type of
deixis found in the three YouTube video press briefings on "The White House"
channel was person deixis with 2.693 words with 62 %. The implications of the
results of the analysis of the three press conference videos found that the most
dominant type of deixis is person deixis. In spoken text, the speaker expresses more
person deixis than other deixis. This study can help someone understand the
meaning of an utterance if someone understands person deixis, temporal deixis, and
spatial deixis according to the context of the use of deixis in a sentence.