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Deixis Revealing Hans Christian Andersen‟S Language Style in “The Little Match Seller” PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI DEIXIS REVEALING HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN‟S LANGUAGE STYLE IN “THE LITTLE MATCH SELLER” AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By ARIN OKTAVIANI PRASETYANING WIDI Student Number: 174214098 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2021 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI DEIXIS REVEALING HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN‟S LANGUAGE STYLE IN “THE LITTLE MATCH SELLER” AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By ARIN OKTAVIANI PRASETYANING WIDI Student Number: 174214098 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2021 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Motto page Philippians 4: 13 I Can Do All Things through Christ Who Strengthens Me vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Praise to the Lord that I finally finished my undergraduate thesis. I could not thank enough to people whose helps are really significant in the process of writing the thesis. First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my thesis advisor and co advisor, Arina Isti‘anah, S.Pd., M.Hum and Dr. Fr. B. Alip, M.Pd., M.A., who guided, supported, and assisted me to decide which path I should take in terms of my educational journey at Universitas Sanata Dharma. I thank them for their guidance, patience, wisdom, and time throughout the whole process of finishing this research. And for my examiner, Anna Fitriati, S.Pd., M.Hum, I thank her for her guidance in finishing my final thesis. I would also say my gratitude to all the staff of English Letters Faculty. I thank them for accepting me in the first place and for all the facility that helps me finish my years of study in this university. My special gratitude goes to my beloved parents who never stop believing on her daughter that everything is possible. My gratitude are also dedicated to my best friends Nandha, Shafira, Elin, Lia, and Stefanny who always there through ups and downs. Also, my high school‘s friends Ollie, Kidut, Sasa, Bella, Dwi, Ade, Della. I am blessed that I am surrounded by another amazing friends who help and support me that I could not mention one by one. Last but not least, I would say sincerely my gratitude to my significant other, Fidelis Ian Puspa Widais who encourage me to finish my study on time. I thank him for being my living diary and my support system throughout the whole process. Arin Oktaviani Prasetyaning Widi vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ...................................................................................................... i APPROVAL PAGE ........................................................................................... ii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ..................................................................................... iii STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ................................................................. iv LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS ........................................................... v MOTTO PAGE ................................................................................................. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................ viii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................ x LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................ xi ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................... xii ABSTRAK ....................................................................................................... xiii CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ........................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ................................................................................. 5 C. Objectives of the Study ............................................................................. 5 D. Definition of Terms ................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF LITERATURE.................................................. 7 A. Review of Related Studies ......................................................................... 7 B. Review of Related Theories ..................................................................... 11 1. Stylistics .............................................................................................. 11 2. Deixis .................................................................................................. 15 3. Reference............................................................................................. 17 4. Language Style .................................................................................... 21 C. Theoretical Framework ........................................................................... 23 CHAPTER III : METHODOLOGY ............................................................... 25 A. Object of the Study .................................................................................. 25 viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI B. Approach of the Study ............................................................................. 26 C. Method of the Study ................................................................................ 27 1. Data Collection .................................................................................... 27 2. Data Analysis ...................................................................................... 28 CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS ..................... 28 A. The Types of Deixis and Its Reference in ―The Little Match Seller‖ Story 28 1. Types of Deixis in ―The Little Match Seller‖ ....................................... 30 2. Types of Reference in ―The Little Match Seller‖ .................................... 46 B. The Author‘s Language Style in Hans Christian Andersen‘s ―The Little Match Seller‖ ................................................................................................. 50 CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION ...................................................................... 58 REFERENCES ................................................................................................ 60 APPENDICES .................................................................................................. 64 Appendix 1: Person Deixis in ―The Little Match Seller‖ Story .................... 64 Appendix 2: Place Deixis in ―The Little Match Seller‖ Story ...................... 64 Appendix 3: Time Deixis in ―The Little Match Seller‖ Story ...................... 65 Appendix 4: A Whole Story of ―The Little Match Seller‖ by Hans Christian Andersen (1846) (Andersen, 2010, pp. 551–554) ........................................ 65 ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS DS : Direct Speech IS : Indirect Speech x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LIST OF TABLES No. Table Page 1. Table 1. Stylistics: Level of Language 12 2. Table 2. Format for Presenting Type of Person Deixis 15 3. Table 3. Personal Reference 18 4 Table 4. The Types of Deixis Found in ―The Little Match Seller‖ Story 30 5. Table 5. Types of Person Deixis 31 6. Table 6. Types of Reference 46 7. Table 7. Deictic Expressions Referring to the Match Seller 47 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT WIDI, ARIN OKTAVIANI PRASETYANING (2021). Deixis Revealing Hans Christian Andersen‟s Language Style in “The Little Match Seller”. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Sanata Dharma. There were many forms of literature in this world. One of them was short stories. In writing literary works, in this case short story, each author employed different language style. Language style can be defined as the author‘s writing style. In order to entertain the readers, certain language style was utilized by certain authors. There were many famous short story authors and one of them was Hans Christian Andersen. The researcher chose one of Hans Christian Andersen‘s works entitled ―The Little Match Seller‖ as the object of the study. This study is focused on the deixis used in the story to reveal Hans Christian Andersen‘s style. The researcher formulated two research problems in this study. The first one dealt with the types of deixis used in the story along with its reference. The second problem aimed to reveal the language style used by Hans Christian Andersen in writing ―The Little Match Seller‖ short story as seen from the deixis found. A stylistic approach in pragmatics level was applied in this study in order to figure out the author‘s language style by analyzing the types of deixis and reference in the story. Since the research dealt with how the deixis was depicted to reveal the author‘s language style, therefore this study was a qualitative research. The data collected qualitatively to classify which phrases and words in the sentences in the story to interpret the language style used by the author. The results of the study showed two findings.
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