semantics

News reporter from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia reports of the following:

This city has witnessed a flood as a result of the heavy rain.

This city refers to?

• Spatial Deixis

• Temporal Deixis

"She is going to The Weekend concert, but she is stuck in a traffic."

She refers to?

• Temporal Deixis

• Personal Deixis

They attended the New York Fashion Week last year.

Last Year refers to?

• Personal Deixis

• Temporal Deixis

"Whenever I see John, he wears that same coat"

He and That refers to?

• Temporal and Personal deixis

• Personal and Spatial Deixis

"Here" is an example of:

• Proximal spatial deixis.

• Distal temporal deixis.

• Distal person deixis.

• proximal temporal deixis.

"Now" is an example of:

• Proximal spatial deixis.

• Distal temporal deixis.

• Distal person deixis.

• Proximal temporal deixis.

What is an anaphora?

• Repetition of word in a sentence

• Word choice

• The sentence structure

Find the Anaphora

• I spoke

• was a

• a child

What would be the reason to use an Anaphora ?

• To keep the reader intersted

• To empathize that word

• To make the speech stand out

An anaphoric reference...

• helps the text make sense

• links forward to another part of the text

• refers back to another part of the text

• give us information about time and place