Deixis Analysis in Conversation Between President Joko Widodo and Nadiem Makarim on Presidential Secretariat Youtube Channel

Abstract

A conversation between President Joko Widodo and his minister had never been witnessed before. However, during this Covid-19 pandemic, their conversation became something possible to be watched through the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube channel. The conversation can be analyzed through a pragmatic approach, one of which is through deixis analysis. The forms of deixis in conversations between two high-ranked government officials in Indonesia are new data. This study aims to analyze various kinds of deixis contained in the conversation between President Joko Widodo and Nadiem Makarim on the Presidential Secretariat Youtube channel. This study uses qualitative descriptive method with several techniques used, namely: listening and note-taking techniques. The source of data in this study is the conversation between President Joko Widodo and Nadiem Makarim on the Presidential Secretariat Youtube channel. The object of the research is deixis in the conversation. The result of the analysis shows that three forms of deixis were found in the conversation. These deixis include person deixis, spatial deixis, and temporal deixis. Each of these deixis has its own reference, depending on the context that accompanies it.