THE USE OF DEIXIS PERSONA OF SINGULAR SECOND PRONOUNS IN SIDOARJO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIOLINGUISTICSS DIMENSIONS

Abstract

The study analyzes the use of deixis persona of singular second pronouns in daily conversation in Sidoarjo. This study applied a qualitative descriptive method. The theory of sociolinguistics’s dimension proposed by Holems (1997) and deixis persona by Yule (2006) are used in this study. As results, the study concludes two things; (1) there are six deixis persona of singular second pronouns that are usually used in Sidoarjo society in their daily conversation, those are panjenengan, njenengan, sampeyan, peyan, awak mu, and koen; then there are three deixis persona of singular second pronouns that are seldom used by Sidoarjo’s society, those are peno, ente, and koe; and (2) there are three sociolinguistics’s dimensions which influence the use of deixis persona of singular second pronouns namely solidarity, power, and situation.