LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
DEIXIS AND SPACE
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Question
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Proximal spatial deixis
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Distal person deixis
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Distal temporal deixis
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Proximal temporal deixis
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Detailed explanation-1: -This includes time adverbs like “now", “then", and “soon", as well as different verbal tenses. A further example is the word tomorrow, which denotes the next consecutive day after any day it is used.
Detailed explanation-2: -In English, people can find some examples of temporal deixis. It can be found in the use of time signal, such as: now, soon, recently, then, yesterday, this year. Besides, it is usually found in the use of tenses.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition: A proximal is a distinction in place deixis that indicates location close to the speaker or other deictic center. Place Deixis. Speaker.
Detailed explanation-4: -For example, if you would ask a visiting exchange student, “Have you been in this country long?” the words this country and you are the deictic expressions, as they refer to the country where the conversation happens and the person being addressed in the conversation, respectively.