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WorksheetsDeixis and distance
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
(a) is a technical term (from Greek) for one of the most basic things we do with utterances, which means 'pointing' via language.
Any linguistic form used to accomplish this 'pointing' is called a (a)
there is an (a) “we” (speaker plus other(s), excluding addressee)
(a) : the time of the utterance’s time; the place of the utterance’s place; the person just giving the utterance.
Let’s go to the cinema.
exclusive
inclusive
an (a) “we” (speaker and addressee included).
Let us go.
INCLUSIVE
EXCLUSIVE
The concept of distance is relevant to (a) , where the relative location of people and things is indicated.
speakers being able to project themselves into other locations, time or shift person reference. It is called (a)
Refer to a time (present, past or future) proximal or distal. It is called (a)
The distal form communicate is not only distance from the current time but also distance from current (a)
_____ (now, then, …) is used to point to a time.
Personal deixis
Spatial deixis
Temporal deixis
_____ have to be interpreted according to what the speaker has in mind.
Spatial deixis
Deictic expressions
Speech acts
Person deixis operates on a basic of _____- part division exemplified by the pronouns.
a.three
b.four
c.two
Deitic projection happens when deictic expressions are used in ways that shift deictic centre to ____.
a.other participants
b.other places
c.listeners
A deictic center is a reference point in relation to which a deictic expression is to be interpreted. The deictic center is most typically the present time, location, participant role, and so forth of the ____.
a.speaker
b.listener
c.participant
He finished the race in only 10 minutes. ( This) set a new world record.
personal deixis
spatial deixis
temporal deixis
discourse deixis
(a) are deictic expressions being away from speakers.
expressions which indicate higher social status are (a)
the speaker's location, which is used to interpret proximal and distal distances is called (a)
