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CONTEXT, DEIXIS, REFERENCE

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Deixis means … via language.

a)

identifying

b)

talking

c)

pointing

2.

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

a)

Distal terms

b)

Proximal terms

c)

Spatial terms

3.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

4.

(a)   context refers to the social relationship of the people involved in communication.

5.

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

6.

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

a)

Anaphoric

b)

Cataphoric 

c)

Exphoric 

7.

Are "now" and "then" temporal deixis?

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

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

a)

They show the relationship between the speaker and the listener

b)

They show the reference to the future

c)

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

9.

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

(a)  

10.

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

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6