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AN ANALYSIS OF DEIXIS IN “THE EXPENDABLES” MOVIE SCRIPT

BY DAVID CALLAHAM AND SYLVESTER STALLONE

By:

FENNY AGUSTINA

2007-32-228

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS

2013

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AN ANALYSIS OF DEIXIS IN “THE EXPENDABLES” MOVIE SCRIPT

BY DAVID CALLAHAM AND SYLVESTER STALLONE

SKRIPSI

Presented to the Muria Kudus University

In Partial Fullfillment of the Requirements For Completing the Sarjana

Program In The Departement of English Education

By: FENNY AGUSTINA

2007-32-228

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS

2013

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO

Do the best to get the best

Make happy and give advantages to others

Don’t see who is saying, but see what is said

Don’t say cann’t, say can and try

DEDICATION

This skripsi is dedicate to:

Allah SWT the Almighty

My beloved father (Gustono), my

beloved mother (Sri Mulyani)

My beloved brothers (Candra and

Dino), and my beloved sister (Desy)

My love (Abdul Aziz)

All my beloved best friends in my

life

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Alhamdulillah. Praise to Allah, Lord of the world. I would like to express

my gratitude to Allah that has speeded me in accomplishing my thesis entitled

“An Analysis of Deixis in “The Expendables” Movie Script by David Callaham

and Sylvester Stallone” and to my mother and father who have been great parents.

This skripsi is submitted as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

of “Sarjana Pendidikan” in English Department of the Teacher Training and

Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.

Besides, this skripsi is accomplished with the great help of others. Therefore, on

this occasion, I also would like to express my deepest thank to:

1. Drs. Susilo Rahardjo, M.pd as the Dean of Teacher Training and

Education Faculty.

2. Fitri Budi Suryani, S.S, M.Pd as the head of Department of English

Education Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muria

Kudus.

3. Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, SS, M.Pd as the first advisor who always gives

guidance, advice and idea to the writer.

4. Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd as the second advisor who was giving invaluable

guidance, showing the appropriate references, and helping her in all of the

difficulties. Moreover, for his kindness and helpfulness corrections to this

final project until its completion.

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5. The writer’s family, Mother, Father, her brother; Dwi Septian Candra and

Dino Try Juliyanto, her sisters; Desy Rochmawati, for their loves, it will

never be able to repay. Their prayer is everything for her.

6. Her lovely Abdul Aziz, who always gives me pray and support.

7. Her friend, Musyarofah, Desy and Cicik who always gives help and

motivation.

8. All of her friends in University of Muria Kudus, who cannot say one by

one.

9. Everyone that cannot be mentioned one by one, for their support, help, and

participation because without all of them this final project could not have

been completed.

The last, there is nothing perfect in the world and this Skripsi is not an

exception. The writer realizes that there are many weaknesses. Therefore,

suggestions and criticisms are always needed for betterment. The writer hopes this

Skripsi will be useful for all the readers both of English teacher or English

students.

Kudus, March 2013

The writer

Fenny Agustina

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ABSTRACT

Agustina, Fenny. 2013. An Analysis of Deixis in “The Expendables” Movie Script

by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone. Skripsi. English Education

Department of Teaching Training and Education Faculty, Muria

Kudus University. Advisors: (1) Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, SS, M.Pd

(2)Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd.

Key Words: Deixis, movie script

People as a human being are inspirable from making errors. They can

make errors in different ways, for example in making perception. This research is

based on deixis in “The Expendables” movie script, sometime we get difficulties

in comprehending the works or facing misunderstanding in interpreting the

messages as like in “The Expendables” movie script. The theory of deixis is

chosen because deixis is used to point thing in order to make clear what a writer

means. The writer chooses “The Expendables” movie script to be analyzed

because the researcher assumed that in “The Expendables” movie script there are

types of deixis which can be analyzed. So in this research, the writer carries out

the research entitled “An Analysis of Deixis in “The Expendables” Movie Script

by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone”.

This research uses a descriptive qualitative research design in which the

data is the types of deixis found in “The Expendables” movie script. The data

source are taken from “The Expandables” movie script, because the data sources

are written data based on the spoken by Barney Ross and Lee Christmas.

The finding of this research are the three types of the person deixis,

namely the first person deixis, the second person deixis and the third person deixis

are mostly used in “The Expendables” movie script. The time deixis often appears

in “The Expendables” movie script to show the participants in the speech event.

Meanwhile, the place deixis also often appears in “The Expendables” movie script

to explain the location at the points of utterance. Then, discourse deixis and social

deixis also appears in “The Expendables” movie script.

The result of the research shows that there are five types of deixis in “The

Expendables” Movie Script by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone, they are

person, place, time, discourse and social deixis, with the calculate (50) person

deixis, (6) place deixis, (5) time deixis, (13) discourse deixis and (6) social deixis.

Based on the conclusion, the writer hopes that deixis in “The

Expendables” movie script can be used as the material in teaching learning

process.

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ABSTRAKSI

Agustina, Fenny. 2013. Analisis Deixis di Naskah Film “The Expendables” yang

ditulis oleh David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone. Skripsi. Fakultas

Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan. Dosen Pembimbing: (1) Agung Dwi

Nurcahyo, SS, M.Pd (2)Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd.

Kata kunci: Deixis, naskah film

Masyarakat sebagai manusia tidak dapat dipisahkan dari membuat

kesalahan. Mereka dapat memebuat kesalahan bermacam-macam, sebagai contoh

dalam membuat persepsi. Skripsi ini didasarkan pada deixis di naskah film “The

Expendables”. Dalam membaca naskah film, kadang-kadang kita memperoleh

berbagai pengertian yang sulit dimengerti atau ketidakfahaman dalam

menginterprestasikan pesan-pesan seperti di naskah film “The Expendables”.

Teori deixis dipilih karena deixis digunakan untuk menjelaskan yang penulis

maksudkan. Penulis memilih di naskah film “The Expendables” untuk dianalisis

karena peneliti menganggap di naskah film “The Expendables” ada beberapa jenis

deixis yang dapat dianalisis.Jadi dalam penelitian ini, penulis memilih penelitian

yang berjudul “ Analisis Deixis di Naskah Film “The Expendables” yang ditulis

oleh David Callaham and Sylvester Stallon”.

Skripsi ini menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif yang datanya

adalah jenis deixis yang ditemukan di naskah film “The Expendables”. Sumber

datanya diambil dari naskah film “The Expendables”, karena data yang

dikumpulkan adalah data tertulis yang berupa ucapan yang diucapkan oleh Barney

Ross and Lee Christmas.

Penelitian ini menemukan tiga tipe deixis persona, yaitu deixis orang

pertama, deixis orang kedua, dan deixis orang kedua ketiga yang kebanyakan

digunakan di naskah film “The Expendables”. Deixis waktu sering kelihatan

naskah film “The Expendables” menunjukan pengikut dalam peristiwa ucapan.

Sementara itu, deixis tempat juga sering terlihat di naskah film “The

Expendables” yang menjelaskan lokasi di titik ucapan. Kemudian, deixis wacana

dan deixis sosial juga terlihat di naskah film “The Expendables”.

Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan ada lima tipe deixis yang terdapat

dalam naskah film “The Expendables” oleh David Callaham and Sylvester

Stallone, yaitu deixis orang, deixis tempat, deixis waktu, deixis wacana dan deixis

sosial, dengan perhitungan (50) deixis orang, (6) deixis tempat, (5) deixis waktu,

(13) deixis wacana and (6) deixis sosial.

Berdasarkan kesimpulan, penulis berharap bahwa deixis di naskah film

“The Expendables” dapat digunakan sebagai bahan proses belajar mengajar.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

COVER ....................................................................................................... i

LOGO .......................................................................................................... ii

TITLE ......................................................................................................... iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION .................................................................. iv

ADVISORS’ APPROVAL ........................................................................ v

EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ..................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................... vii

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................ ix

ABSTRAKSI ............................................................................................... x

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................ xi

LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................... xiv

LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................ xv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Research .................................................................. 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem ....................................................................... 3

1.3 Objective of the Research ...................................................................... 4

1.4 Significance of the Research .................................................................. 4

1.5 Limitation of the Research ..................................................................... 5

1.5 Operational Definition ........................................................................... 6

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Language ................................................................................................. 7

2.2 Pragmatics .............................................................................................. 7

2.3 Deixis ..................................................................................................... 10

2.4 Types of Deixis ...................................................................................... 10

2.4.1 Person Deixis ............................................................................... 11

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2.4.2 Place Deixis ................................................................................. 11

2.4.3 Time Deixis .................................................................................. 12

2.4.4 Discourse Deixis .......................................................................... 13

2.4.5 Social Deixis ................................................................................. 14

2.5 The Movie Script of The Expendables by David Callaham and

Sylvester Stallone .................................................................................. 15

2.6 Biography of David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone ........................... 16

2.7 Review of Previous Research ................................................................. 17

2.8 Theoritical Framework ........................................................................... 18

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Desaign of the Research ......................................................................... 19

3.2 Data and Data Source ............................................................................. 20

3.3 Data Collection ....................................................................................... 20

3.4 Data Analysis .......................................................................................... 21

CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH

4.1 The Type of Deixis Found in The Expendables Movie Script............... 23

4.2 The Reference of Deixis Used in The Expendables Movie Script ......... 32

CHAPTER V DISCUSSION

5.1 The Types of Deixis Found in The Expendables Movie Script in Two

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Characters; Barney Ross and Lee Christmas ......................................... 36

5.2 The References of Deixis in The Expendables Movie Script in Two

Characters; Barney Ross and Lee Christmas ......................................... 42

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

6.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................. 65

6.2 Suggestion ............................................................................................... 66

BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................... 67

APPENDICES ............................................................................................ 70

CURRICULUM VITAE ............................................................................ 134

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

3.1 The Example Types of Deixis Found in The Expendables Movie

Script in Two Characters; Barney Ross and Lee Christmas .................. 21

3.2 The Example References of Deixis in The Expendables Movie Script

in Two Characters; Barney Ross and Lee Christmas ............................. 22

4.1 The Type of Deixis Found in The Expendables Movie Script............... 23

4.2 The Reference of Deixis Used in The Expendables Movie Script ......... 32

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix Page

1. The Expendables Movie Script ................................................................ 70

2. Statement Sheet ........................................................................................ 133

3 .Curriculum Vitae ...................................................................................... 134