Deixis and Distance
Identify Deictic Expressions
Consider the following sentence:
You'll have to bring that back tomorrow, because they aren't here now.
1. How many deictical expressions are there? (:vips 7337:)
2. Which types of deixis can you identify?
Person Deixis? (:vips 7338:)
Temporal Deixis (:vips 7339:)
Social Deixis (:vips 7340:)
Spatial Deixis (:vips 7341:)
Now read through the subfields of deixis (person, spatial and temporal deixis) in order to learn about the crucial role of pragmatic aspects in the context of deictic expressions.