Pragmatics and Discourse analysis

Question 1

What is deixis?

Answer 1

the pointing or specifying function of some words (such as definite articles and demonstrative pronouns) whose denotation changes from one discourse to another

Question 2

What are the three types of deixis?

Answer 2

Person deixis,
Temporal deixis,
Spatial deixis

Question 3

The intention conveyed by a speaker is known as the…

Answer 3

illocutionary force

Question 4

The ‘diagnostic’ tests for conversational implicatures are the
following:

Answer 4

implicature is:
implied only
context-dependent
defeasible
has a purpose - politeness, humour