Deixis & Reference Flashcards
What is Deixis?
r/s between linguistic expression & context it is used
What is a Deictic Expression?
Linguistic form used to denote this pointing in particular context
What is a Deictic Target?
Person, object or location being pointed at
What types of Deixis are there?
1) Person
2) Time
3) Place
4) Social
5) Discourse
What is Person Deixis?
Speaker + Addressee
What signifies Person Deixis?
Personal pronouns
What is Place Deixis?
Expression showing the location of ppl & obj in reference to speaker & addressee
What signifies Place Deixis?
1) Demonstrative determiners
2) Adverbs of place
3) Prepositions
4) Verbs of Motion
What is Time Deixis?
Time expressed relative to act of speaking
What signifies Time Deixis?
1) Tense
2) Time adverbials
What is Social Deixis?
Concerned with signalling of social status & social r/s of participants in convo
What signals Social Deixis?
1) Personal pronouns
2) Forms of Address
3) Kinship Terms
What is Discourse Deixis?
Use of deictic elements within utterance inside discourse to direct addressee to current, past & future elements of discourse / denotes time, place succession / references a portion of discourse relative to speakers current location in discourse
How does Reported Speech use Deixis?
Change in Deictic Speech
What is Reference?
The r/s of 1 linguistic expn to another (provides necessary info for interpretation of another expn)
What is a Referring Expression?
Words & phrases that indicate to addressee intended meaning of speaker
What are the types of References?
1) Generic
2) Specific & non-Specific
3) Anaphoric
4) Cataphoric
What does Generic Reference refer to?
Class/ Species
What does Specific & non-Specific refer to?
Have distinguishing attributes/qualities
What is Anaphoric reference?
An expn referring back to given info
What is Cataphoric reference?
An expn referring to info given later
What are the Types of Referring expressions?
1) Definite
2) Indefinite
What is a Definite RE?
Begins with definite article ‘the’
What is an Indefinite RE?
Begins with indefinite article
