Background of the Study

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background of the Study

Humans, in order to fulfill their daily needs, need to express their thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Language is a way which enables humans to convey those and because of its importance for their life, humans cannot avoid language. Language is used everywhere and every time, both written and spoken. People do not only use language in their daily interaction, but they also use the language in written text such as novels which are printed and published; and they even use it in talk shows which are aired through electronic media. Talk show is a program in which at least one host and one guest who act as the interviewee are having conversation concerning a certain topic. One of interesting and popular talk shows is Mata Najwa, which is aired on Metro TV. However, unlike most talk shows aired on television, Mata Najwa often provides semiformal situation that causes speakers to pay more attention to the way they use language. The way language is used can also be observed from the deixis used in the conversations, especially the person deixis. From the talk show, the writer observes that the speakers use various person deixis and they switch one from another purposely, for example, sometime they use ‘Saya’ and then suddenly switch to ‘Kita’. Since the utterance including deixis used in the talk show is included in real time conversation, the use of person deixis is a form of communication strategy in the talk show. It means that person deixis does not merely show the act of pointing to someone, but it may also reflect the speakers’ strategy as well as their intention or purpose. The issue above causes the writer to take interest in conducting the study concerning person deixis in the Mata Najwa talk show. In addition, that the study regarding person deixis in a talk show is still rare also increases the writer’s desire to conduct this study entitled “The Use of Person Deixis in Mata Najwa Talk Show”, which lies within pragmatic domain. To limit this study the writer observes four episodes of Mata Najwa which she downloaded from YouTube.com, namely Apa Kata Mega, Pencuri Perhatian, Mendadak Capres, and Negeri Pungli, and analyses only the conversations which occur on stage. In other words, she focuses on conversations between the host and the main guests as well as conversations between the main guests. She does not pay attention to the conversations occuring between people on the stage and people sitting in audience seats and she also does not pay attention to utterances directed to the camera or audience. In addition, the writer also analyzes only the utterances produced at the time the participants are having conversation in the talk show. It means that she does not pay attention to the use of reported speech.

1.2. Research Question