LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
DEIXIS AND SPACE
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Refers to only one linguistic form used to show a reference which are used when we produce utterances.
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Refers to a particular way in which the interpretation of certain linguistic expression (‘deictics and indexicals’) is dependent on the context in which they are produced or interpreted.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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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. Words are deictic if their semantic meaning is fixed but their denoted meaning varies depending on time and/or place.
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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Person deixis is used to indicate the people involved in an utterance. For example, using the pronoun we has the potential to cause ambiguity, allowing different interpretations depending on the context.