The aims of this research is to analyze deictic expression represented in Volodymyr
Zelensky's historical speech at the United States congress virtually from a war zone, in the
Ukrainian capital city, Kyiv on March 16, 2022. The research is interesting because Zelensky
often did pointing via language by using deixis that cannot be interpreted without knowing
the context. Besides, it is one of the most influential speeches in the world. The method of
this research uses the qualitative method and pragmatic approach. The research questions will
be answered in the analytical description. The data are collected by reading the transcript of
the speech and then written on the data card. Then the data is analyzed one by one by using
Yan Huang's theory (2007). The results of this research found five types of deictic
expressions such as person deictic, time deictic, spatial deictic, social deictic, and discourse
deictic. After anaylize the context of utterances, this research finds the used of person deictic
expression is a word that refers to person. Time deictic expression is a word that refers to
time, spatial deictic expression is a word that refers to place, social deictic expression refers
to the social status of referees and addressees, and discourse deictic expression refers to the
propositions of information from Zelensky.

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