DEITIC SHIFTS: A SEMANTIC STUDY ON NARRATIVE TEXT BY STUDENTS THIRD SEMESTER IN UNIVERSITY HKBP NOMMENSEN PEMATANGSIANTAR
Keywords:
Semantic, deixis, shift, narrativeAbstract
This study examines the phenomenon of deictic shifts in story narratives written by students at Univeristy of HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar. Deixis is a linguistic element that refers to the situational context in communication, including time, place, and personal references. Deixis shifts often occur when speakers switch from one narrative perspective to another. The research method used is descriptive qualitative analysis with a semantic approach to 15 narrative texts from 3rd semester students in University of HKBP Nommensen. The results show that personal deictic elements are the most dominant type, accounting for 56.09% of the total, followed by spatial, temporal, discourse, and social deictic elements. However, most of the texts exhibit shifts in deictic elements, particularly in the personal, temporal, and spatial categories—without adequate transitions, thereby disrupting the cohesion and coherence of the narrative texts. These findings indicate that a deeper understanding of context in narrative writing is still needed.
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