Deixis

3 Types of Deictic Words Person Deixis: includes words such as I, me and you. Spatial Deixis: includes words such as here, there, left and right. Temporal Deixis: includes words such as now, then, today and tomorrow.

Classroom activity 23 Text X is taken from an American audio guide to Paris. Look at the deictic expressions it uses. What is their function? Brief pauses are indicated by (.) Text X La rive gauche or the left bank of the Seine thats left if youre floating down the stream (.) still has many of the twisting lanes and narrow buildings from medieval times (.) the right bank is more modern and business orientated with wide boulevards and stressedout Parisiennes in suits (.) here along the river bank on the left side the big business is second-hand books displayed in little green stalls along the river (.) these literary entrepreneurs pride themselves on their easy-going business style (.) with flexible hours and virtually no overheads (.) they run their businesses as they have since the medieval times.