DEIXIS IN THE NOVEL "RAHWANA" BY ANAND NEELAKANTAN

Abstract

This study aims to reveal the use of persona, place, time, discourse, and social deixis in Rahwana's novel by Anand Neelakantan. The research method used in this study is a qualitative research method. Data acquisition techniques using literature study / documentation. The object of research in this study is deixis in the novel Rahwana by Anand Neelakantan. The results of this study are as follows: 1) Deixis persona causes the characters in Rahwana's novel to move into the role of speakers like me, us, and us. The role of being the person you're talking to or being talked to as you and you are. The role of being talked about like him and them. 2) Deixis of place causes a reference to a place to move its distance based on language events and context 3) Deixis of time can cause a span of time to move its reference. 4) Deiksis discourse can cause references can move information from references in the form before or can become after 5) Social deixis can cause differences in a person's level, such as position or caste that changes based on the perpetrators of language events and context.