Deixis analysis of Wilkie Collins's novel "The Woman in White"

This study used a qualitative approach because the structure of the data is in the form of words found in the novel entitled "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins. The techniques of the collecting data in this research are underlining the words or phrases, gave codes, identified the referents of deixis. After collecting the data, the researcher categorized every word, described the referents of each deixis, and discussed the result, the last explained the conclusion. The result shows that are three types of deixis used in Wilkie Collins's novel "The Woman in White", 667 data for personal deixis (first person, second person, third person), 31 data for temporal deixis (past time, present time, future), and 11 data for spatial deixis (proximal and distal). In the story, there is a lot of narration by Mr. Hartright that explains his feelings. So, that is the reason why personal deixis is more dominant than spatial deixis and temporal deixis. The researcher also explored the referents of deixis found in the novel. The personal deixis mainly refer to the main characters. They are Mr. Walter Hartright, Miss Marian Halcombe, Miss Fairlie, Mr. Dempter, The Schoolmaster, Jacob Postlethwaite, etc. Meanwhile, the temporal deixis words refer not only to the current time of speaker utterances but also to the past time "Last Night, Yesterday", the present time "Now, Then, Sometimes, Half an Hour", and the future "Tomorrow". Concerning the spatial deixis words, they refer to the places where the events of the storyline were taking place, such as " Here, There, This" that occurs in the city or any other place.