An Analysis of Deixis in Breaking Bad Series

Pasha, Muhammad Farhan and Anshori, Sakut and Fauziah, Meli (2025) An Analysis of Deixis in Breaking Bad Series. Sarjana thesis, Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup.

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Abstract

This study examines the use of deixis in the pilot episode of the television series Breaking Bad, employing a pragmatic approach based on George Yule’s theory, which categorizes deixis into person, spatial, and temporal types. The study aims to identify and categorize the types of deixis and analyze their functions in the episode’s dialogue and narrative. Using a descriptive qualitative research design, data were collected from the script of Breaking Bad’s pilot episode through document analysis. The findings reveal 1,052 deictic instances, with person deixis being the most dominant (527 instances), followed by temporal deixis (446 instances), and spatial deixis (79 instances). The second-person singular pronoun “you” was the most frequent, reflecting the episode’s focus on direct character interactions. Person deixis establishes participant roles, spatial deixis grounds the narrative in specific locations, and temporal deixis drives the plot through time-sensitive actions. These findings highlight the critical role of deixis in enhancing narrative coherence and audience engagement in television series. The study offers pedagogical implications for teaching pragmatics and serves as a foundation for future research on deixis in contemporary media.

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