Deixis- SemPrag

What is Deixis?

• Refers to only one linguistic form used to show a reference which are used when we produce utterances.

• Refers to the way in which speakers orientate both themselves and their addressees in relation to the context of a conversation.

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

"My professor Albert is really knowledgeable"

What is My Professor refers to?

• Personal Deixis

• Textual 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

"He stared at her for a long time and then turned to the right and continued driving"

The highlighted word refers to?

• Textual deixis

• Spatial deixis

He started to get angry and curse at her. This made me very angry.

The highlighted word in this sentence refers to?

• Textual deixis

• Temporal and Spatial deixis

They tried to hurt me, but he came to the rescue.

The highlighted word refers to

• Pesonal deixis

• Spatial deixis

Saturday is deictic word of ?

• Spatial deixis

• Temporal deixis