LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
DEIXIS AND SPACE
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Question
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the truly pragmatic basis of spatial deixis is actually ____
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Temporal deixis
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Person deixis
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Psychological distance
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Spatial deixis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Spatial deixis involves the specification of locations relative to points of reference in the speech event. English has a proximal or distal distance from speaker. A third type of deixis is temporal deixis which shows the orientation or position of the referent of actions and events in time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Deictic expressions 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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