CONTEXT, DEIXIS, REFERENCE

Deixis means … via language.

• identifying

• talking

• pointing

Deictic expressions being “away from speaker” like “there, that, then” are called….

• Distal terms

• Proximal terms

• Spatial terms

Which of the following sentences is true about co-context?

• Co-context is non-verbal language speakers use like facial expressions or hand gestures.

• Co-context of a word is a set of other words used in the same phrase or sentence or utterance.

• Co-context is the physical context in which the conversation occurs.

______ context refers to the social relationship of the people involved in communication.

In linguistics, deixis refers to words and phrases that cannot be fully understood without additional ___________ information

_________ reference is the use of a word or a group of words which refer back to another part of the text.

• Anaphoric

• Cataphoric 

• Exphoric 

Are "now" and "then" temporal deixis?

• Yes

• No

Why are come, bring, take, go considered spatial deixis?

• They show the relationship between the speaker and the listener

• They show the reference to the future

• They show the idea of proximity and indicate the concept of distance

Identify the discoursal deixis in this sentence: That was an amazing fact I have ever heard.

There are ...... types of context.

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6