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Deixis & Reference Flashcards

1
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What is Deixis?

A

r/s between linguistic expression & context it is used

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What is a Deictic Expression?

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Linguistic form used to denote this pointing in particular context

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What is a Deictic Target?

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Person, object or location being pointed at

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What types of Deixis are there?

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1) Person
2) Time
3) Place
4) Social
5) Discourse

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5
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What is Person Deixis?

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Speaker + Addressee

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What signifies Person Deixis?

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Personal pronouns

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What is Place Deixis?

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Expression showing the location of ppl & obj in reference to speaker & addressee

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What signifies Place Deixis?

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1) Demonstrative determiners
2) Adverbs of place
3) Prepositions
4) Verbs of Motion

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What is Time Deixis?

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Time expressed relative to act of speaking

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What signifies Time Deixis?

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1) Tense

2) Time adverbials

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What is Social Deixis?

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Concerned with signalling of social status & social r/s of participants in convo

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What signals Social Deixis?

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1) Personal pronouns
2) Forms of Address
3) Kinship Terms

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What is Discourse Deixis?

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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

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14
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How does Reported Speech use Deixis?

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Change in Deictic Speech

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What is Reference?

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The r/s of 1 linguistic expn to another (provides necessary info for interpretation of another expn)

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What is a Referring Expression?

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Words & phrases that indicate to addressee intended meaning of speaker

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What are the types of References?

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1) Generic
2) Specific & non-Specific
3) Anaphoric
4) Cataphoric

18
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What does Generic Reference refer to?

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Class/ Species

19
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What does Specific & non-Specific refer to?

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Have distinguishing attributes/qualities

20
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What is Anaphoric reference?

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An expn referring back to given info

21
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What is Cataphoric reference?

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An expn referring to info given later

22
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What are the Types of Referring expressions?

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1) Definite

2) Indefinite

23
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What is a Definite RE?

A

Begins with definite article ‘the’

24
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What is an Indefinite RE?

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Begins with indefinite article

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