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Unit 3 - Deixis

Unit 3 - Deixis. University of Lleida. Faculty of Arts. Describing and Using English Yasmina Mortés Alba 2 nd year Degree in English 17/01/2011. Deixis: definition. Deixis

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Unit 3 - Deixis

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  1. Unit 3 - Deixis University of Lleida. Faculty of Arts. Describing and Using English Yasmina Mortés Alba 2nd year Degree in English 17/01/2011

  2. Deixis: definition • Deixis • Phenomenon of the language which consists on referring to a piece of reality by using a word whose meaning can only be guessed when both speaker and addressee are sharing the same context. • Example: Would you mind leaving this room now, please? • You, now and this are deictics.

  3. Deixis: components • Deictics / Indexicals • Words whose meaning depend on the context where the speaker and the addressee are located. • Personal pronouns • Possessives • Locative & temporal adverbs • Demonstratives

  4. Reference: definition • Reference • The act of matching a word with the piece of reality that designates. • Relating a word with the object that designates.

  5. The concept of anaphora • Anaphora • When a non-deictic word that names an object comes before a deictic that also refers to that piece of reality / object. • Example: Mary’s marks are high. So, she is a good student. • Mary (non-deictic word and referent), she (deictic).

  6. The concept of cataphora • Cataphora • When the deictic appears before that non-deictic (“more specific”) word that designates that object. • Example:She is a good student because Mary has always loved learning. • She (deictic) and Mary (non-deictic word and referent).

  7. Gestural and symbolic deixis • Gestural deixis • Pointing at something. • Symbolic deixis: • Temporal & spatial circumstances are important.

  8. Types of deixis • I) Person deixis • Pronouns (I, you, we…) • Possessives (Your, our, their…) • II) Place deixis • Demonstratives (This/these: proximal. That/those: distal). • Adverbs (Here/there). • Verbs (Come/go;Take/bring). • III) Time deixis • Adverbs (Yesterday, tomorrow, now…). • Adjectives (Next). • Example: Would you mind leaving this room now, please? (type I) (type II) (type III)

  9. End of the presentation • Thanks for your attention!

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