LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

DEIXIS AND SPACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Saturday is deictic word of?
A
Spatial deixis
B
Temporal deixis
C
Personal deixis
D
Social deixis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Temporal deixis is another category of deictic expressions. It refers to an event of an utterance, which takes place any time relative to the speaking time and is, therefore, represented by tense, time adverbials and sometimes by spatial prepositions such as in the evening, at midnight, on time .

Detailed explanation-2: -Deictic words are pointers in a text that allow you to identify its time and place. An example would be “here” and “now” in the sentence “You read this here and now”. “Here” is an example of spatial deixis, and “now” is an example of temporal deixis.

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