This research focus on comparison between reference and personal deixis in fairy tales story by Hans Christian Andersen’s. The objectives of the research are to identify the meaning of pronoun which shows reference with personal deixis and to explain the comparison in use between references with personal deixis which are found in the tale story.
The type of this study is descriptive qualitative research because it describes the comparison between reference and personal deixis. The data to analyze are text and utterances including the pronoun of reference and personal deixis in found the fairy tale story especially the story of The Tinder Box (1835). The writer uses documentation and observation method in collecting the data. To analyze this research, the writer uses the theory of deixis stated by Levinson (1983) and uses the theory of cohesion stated by Halliday and Hasan (1976).
Based on the result of the data analysis, the writer found that the pronouns of reference, are 276 anaphoric reference, 30 cataphoric reference, and 11 person deixis in the story of The Tinderbox (1835) by Hans Christian Andersen’s. Moreover, the writer found that the pronoun “He” has the highest occurrence (18,66%), while the pronoun “We” and “Our” have the lowest occurrence (0,32%). It can be concluded that the pronoun “He” with reference to “Soldier” has significant meaning more important than other pronouns, because the story of The Tinderbox by Hans Christian Andersen’s had mostly presented the “Hero” who was referred to “Soldier”
