MA ELT

Introduction to Linguistics (Eng502)

Fall 2020

Assignment No. 1

Total Marks: 20

SeLectures: 22-33

Q1. Any linguistic form that we use to accomplish the task of pointing out is called deixis. The meaning
of deictic expressions can only be understood only in terms of speakers intended meaning. Define any
three types of deixis with two examples of each type of deixis. Also, highlight deictic expressions in the
following sentences:

Answer: DEIXIS: A deictic expression is a word or phrase that points to the time, place, or situation in
which a speaker is speaking. Deixis concerns on the interpretation of utterances.

TYPES OF DEIXIS:-

1: PERSON DEIXIS: Any expression use to point a person is called person deixis.

Example:

I am going to the movies.

Would you like to have dinner.

2: PLACE DEIXIS: Place deixis is also described as spatial deixis, where the relative location of people and
things is being indicated. They are usually expressed in this, these, there, here, that, and those.

Example:

I enjoy living in this city.

She was sitting over there.

1: TIME DEIXIS: Time deixis is also called as temporal deixis . In other words time time deixis concerns
itself with the various times involved in and referred to in an utterance such as tonight, last week,
yesterday, before, after, etc.

Example:

Five minutes ago.

Yesterday I slept for 10 hours.

Answer Sentence:

1: It is now 12:15.
2:Letizea was the mother of Napoleon.

3: This is Iqbal.

4:That will end then.

Q2: Draw syntactic tree diagrams and underlying Phrase Structure Rules of the following sentences?

1:Her old steward found the letter.

NP. VP

Pro. Adj PN. V. Art. N

Her. Old steward found. the letter.

2:Imran behaved very strangle.

NP. VP

PN. V. Adv

Imran. Behave very. Strangely.