The Correlation Between Person Deixis  and Social Class in Singaraja Society

I Gusti Ayu Vina Widiadnya Putri; I Gusti Bagus Wahyu Nugraha Putra; Ida Bagus Gde Nova Winarta

I Gusti Ayu Vina Widiadnya Putri Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar
I Gusti Bagus Wahyu Nugraha Putra Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar
Ida Bagus Gde Nova Winarta Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the correlation between person deixis and social class in Singaraja community. The people of the city of Singaraja use a unique language in their daily communication. Person deixis in communication used in Singaraja uses animal names as personal pronouns. The relationship between social class and person deixis pronouns is interesting to be analysed. This study uses deixis theory and the relationship between deixis and social class from Levinson (1983). He argued that social deixis is related to the aspect of sentences reflecting or establishing the social situation when the speech event occurs which means social deixis is also a deictic expression to distinguish speaker's social, Levinson (1983). This research is qualitative descriptive research. Data was collected by recording and observation techniques from the communication of the Singaraja people and their relationship with the social class of society. The results of this study found that person deixis is used in daily conversations in the Singaraja community such as first person singular, second person singular and possessive pronouns. The research findings state that the type of deixis used is related to the dimensions of the speaker's social class. The social class in question is the difference in class in society

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