Deixis in The Song Lyrics of Arctic Monkeys’ “AM” Album: A Pragmatic Analysis = Deixis in The Song Lyrics of Arctic Monkeys’ “AM” Album: A Pragmatic Analysis

ABSTRACT M. AQSHAL MUBARAK. Deixis in the song lyrics of Arctic Monkeys’ “AM” album (supervised by Simon Sitoto and Husain Hasyim.) The objectives of this research are to explain different types of deixis present in the song lyrics and to reveal the references and the functions of the deictic words used in the song lyrics of “AM” album by Arctic Monkeys using Cruse’s theory. In analyzing the data, the writer is using descriptive qualitative approach. The writer has selected 6 out of 12 songs using purposive sampling technique. The collection of the data involves listening and transcribing the song lyrics via reputable music website. The findings of this research showed that (1) Arctic Monkeys' "AM" album contains five distinct types of deixis: person, spatial, temporal, social, and discourse deixis, with nearly every song containing examples of all five varieties, except for two songs, namely “I Wanna Be Yours” which lacking both spatial and discourse deixis while “505” only lacks discourse deixis, and (2) deixis serve distinct purposes, including person, spatial, temporal, social, and discourse. Person deixis indicates participant role, spatial deixis indicates singer's location, temporal deixis indicates time, social deixis indicates intimacy, and discourse deixis indicates clause connection.

Keyword : Deixis, song, lyrics