LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
DEIXIS AND SPACE
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Question
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They tried to hurt me, but he came to the rescue.The highlighted word refers to
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Pesonal deixis
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Spatial deixis
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In linguistics, deixis (/ˈdaɪksɪs/, /ˈdeɪksɪs/) is the use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person in context, e.g., the words tomorrow, there, and they.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are three deictic categories identified in the literature. These are: personal deixis ( I, you, we ), spatial deixis (this, that, here, there ), and temporal deixis ( now, today, yesterday ).
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