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Unit 3 - Deixis University of Lleida. Faculty of Arts.
Describing and Using English Yasmina Mortés Alba 2nd year Degree in English 17/01/2011
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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.
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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
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Reference: definition
The act of matching a word with the piece of reality that designates. Relating a word with the object that designates.
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The concept of 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).
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The concept of 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).
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Gestural and symbolic deixis
Gestural deixis Pointing at something. Symbolic deixis: Temporal & spatial circumstances are important.
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Types of deixis I) Person deixis II) Place deixis III) Time 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)
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