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B. Review of Related Theories
1. Deixis
According to Yule 1996: 9, deixis is a form of referring that is tied to the speaker context. Cutting 2002: 7 states that deixis is known as the referring
expression points to the referent in the context whether interlocutors can see it or not. The linguistic form that is used to accomplish this referring is called deictic
expression. In the movie, there are a lot of deictic expression insertions. The deictic expression is related to the speaker’s context. The speaker may do some
gestures or point to certain things to help the listener get the message of the speaker. In the Kingsman: The Secret Service movie, deictic words can be found
frequently. Furthermore, we may met many deictic expression in daily spoken language.
As the definition states, deictic words point to things in the physical-social context of the speaker and addressees and whose referents can only be
determined by knowing the context in which they are used Kreidler, 1998: 144. Deixis includes the use of demonstratives, first and second pronouns, tense,
specific time and place adverbs like now and here, and a variety of grammatical features tied directly to the circumstances of utterance Levinson, 1983: 54.
Levinson’s statement is supported by Yule that he divides deixis into three categories: person deixis, spatial deixis and temporal deixis. They can be used to
indicate people person deixis, location spatial deixis, or time temporal deixis, Yule, 1996: 9. Meanwhile, this study only focuses on the person deixis.
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a. Person Deixis
This study only focuses on the personal pronoun or pronouns that refer to person. Person deixis clearly operates on a basic three-part division, exemplified
by the pronouns for first person ‘I’, second person ‘you’, and third person ‘he’, ’she’, or ’it’ Yule, 1996: 10. According to Cutting 2002: 7, person
deixis is used to point to a person, with the personal pronouns ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘they’, ‘we’, ‘she’, ‘he’, or ‘it’.
The example of person deixis are ‘Dora and Yuka go to school every morning. They go to school by bus.’ The word ‘they’ is included as person deixis,
since it refers to a personal pronoun that represents ‘Dora and Yuka’.
i. Pronouns
A pronoun is used in place of a noun Azar, 1999: 32. Pronouns are classified into singular and plural pronouns. A singular pronoun is used to refer to
a singular noun. A plural pronoun is used to refer to a plural noun. Each of them is divided into four: subject pronoun, object pronoun, possessive pronoun, and
possessive adjective. The following table from Azar 1999 will show us the classification of personal pronouns:
Subject Pronoun
Object Pronoun
Possessive Pronoun
Possessive Adjective
Singular
I you
she , he, it
me you
her , him, it
mine yours
hers , his, its
my name
your name
her , his, its name
Plural
we you
they us
you them
ours yours
theirs our
names your
names their
names
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Subject pronouns are used as subjects of sentences. For example, ‘Amy has
a bike. She bikes to work.’ The word ‘she’ refers to Amy, and it stands as a
subject pronoun of the sentence since it is located as the subject of the sentence. Object pronouns are used as the object of verbs. For example, ‘Bella never
skipped the class. I know her very well.’ The word ‘her’ refers to Bella, and it
stands as the object pronouns of the sentence based on its function as the object of the verb in the sentence.
Possessive pronouns are not followed immediately by a noun; they stand
alone. For example, ‘That book is mine. Yours is over here.’ The words ‘mine’
and ‘yours’ represent the possession of the noun ‘book’. That kind of function does not need any following noun, that is why they stand as possessive pronouns
of the sentence. Possessive adjectives are followed immediately by a noun; they do not stand
alone. For example, ‘Your pencil is here. Her pencil is over there.’ As the
definition stated, the possessive adjectives of the sentence are the words ‘your’ and ‘her’. We call them possessive adjectives by the fact that a noun ‘pencil’
follows them, they do not stand alone.
ii. Vocatives
A vocative is a subclass of proper nouns that has another function, which is to call or indicate the person or thing that is addressed by their name. In English,
people do this by merely calling the name of the person. Compared to reference, this function is a bit different.