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Deixis Flashcards

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Define deictic expressions

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Words used to refer to the current place and time of the utterance eg. over here

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What are the 6 types of deictic expressions?

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Personal, Spatial/Location, Social, Temporal, Object and Discourse

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Give examples of Personal deixis

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I, she, he, they, those

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Give examples of Location/Spatial deixis

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Here, there, over there

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Give examples of Social deixis

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Us vs Them

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Give examples of temporal deixis

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Yesterday, tomorrow

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Give examples of object deixis

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It, that thing

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Give examples of discourse deixis

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Glad to hear IT

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