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Lesson 05 Deixis and Distance
Lesson 05 Deixis and Distance
Sixth Semester
Outline
1. Deixis and Distance
1.1 Proximal Terms
1.2 Distal Terms
1.3 Deictic Center
2. Types of Deictic Expressions
2.1 Person Deixis
2.1.1 Proximal Person Deixis
2.1.2 Distal Person Deixis
2.1.3 Social Deixis (Honorifics)
2.2 Spatial Deixis
2.2.1 Proximal Spatial Deixis
2.2.2 Distal Spatial Deixis
2.2.3 Deictic Projection
2.2.4 Psychological Distance
2.3 Temporal Deixis
2.3.1 Proximal Temporal Deixis
2.3.2 Distal Temporal Deixis
3. Deixis and Grammar
3.1 Deictic Expressions and Direct Speech
3.2 Deictic Expressions and Indirect Speech
Required Readings :
1. Chapter 02 : Deixis and Distance (pp09-16) in Yule, G (1996) Pragmatics . Oxford :
Oxford University Press