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PRESENTED BY
MAMOONA SHEHZADI
AMNA ZAHID
TAIBA AROOJ
CONTENT
DEIXES AND DISTANCE
Proximal distal
This That
here There
now then
Deictic expressions fall into three categories:
1- Person deixis:
Any expression used to point to a person: me, you, him
and them.
2 -Time deixis:
words used to point to a time: now, then, tonight, last week
and this year…
3-Space/spatial/place deixis:
words used to point to a location: here, there and yonder
4-Deixis and Grammar:
Proximal deictic: (direct speech)
Distal deictic: e.g. (indirect speech)
Person Deixis
Person deixis dealing with the grammatical
persons within an utterance,
1-those directly involved (e.g. the speaker,
the addressee),
2-those not directly involved (e.g. over
hearers—those who hear the utterance
but who are not being directly addressed),
3-those mentioned in the utterance.
Examples of person deictic