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Deixis In Discourse Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. They tried to hurt me, but he came to the rescue.The highlighted word refers to
2. "He stared at her for a long time and then turned to the right and continued driving"The highlighted word refers to?
3. "Here" is an example of:
4. Spatial deixis is used to indicate time.
5. "My professor Albert is really knowledgeable"What is My Professor refers to?
6. "Your Majesty" is a form of social deixis.
7. ..... depends on the location of the speaker.
8. They attended the New York Fashion Week last year. Last Year refers to?
9. First and second person pronouns are deictic.
10. Which of the following is an example of time deixis?
11. Words like "this, " "that, " "these, " and "those" may be spatial, discourse, or social deixis depending on context.
12. Discourse deixis refers to things in the environment, like "behind the curtain."
13. Deixis is a term that refers to pointing via language.
14. Which is temporaldeictic expressions?
15. What type of reference refers to the success of the act of reference that does not depend on the individual features, only the class?
16. Now nobody could escape to the West; East Germans were truly prisoners of their own country. The Berlin Wall separated families and ruined people's lives. The word is refering to .....
17. "I'll do that later." -What type of deixis is "later" ?
18. Which sentence contains social deixis?
19. ..... reference is the use of a word or a group of words which refer back to another part of the text.
20. "Whenever I see John, he wears that same coat." He and That refers to?
21. Let's go to the cinema.
22. "Let's go there after lunch." -Identify the deixis in "there."
23. Provide an example of time deixis.
24. "Come home!" is used to mark movement towards the speaker.
25. Which of the following is an example of social deixis?
26. The reference appears to work between all members of a community who share an unfamiliar language and culture.
27. What does social deixis reflect?
28. News reporter from Ha Tinh, Viet Nam reports of the following:Ha Tinh has witnessed a flood as a result of the heavy rain.Ha Tinh refers to?
29. Which sentence uses a relational social deixis?
30. ..... is a linguistic part of the environment in which a referring expression is used.
31. "now" is the proximal form of temporal deixis
32. "In the next part" refers to discourse deixis.
33. Which of these is an example of discourse deixis?
34. Deictic expressions are most commonly used in written communication.
35. Deictic expressions are also called indexicals.
36. Identify the discoursal deixis in: "Finally, I want to say thank you to those who supported me."
37. Person deixis operates on a basic of ..... part division exemplified by the pronouns.
38. There are ..... types of context.
39. Provide an example of a definite description.
40. Which type of deixis identifies participants in communication?
41. Another word for Deixis is .....
42. "I was watching the show when that scene happened." -The word "that" is a form of:
43. What is the reference?
44. According to Yule, reference is an act in which a speaker, or writer, uses linguistic forms to enable a listener, or reader, to identify something.
45. "Here" and "there" are examples of personal deixis.
46. "They made a great deal of profit last year."last year refers to .....
47. What does the term 'shared knowledge' refer to in communication?
48. "Would you like to have dinner?"What's the dexis type of the word "you" ?
49. ..... have to be interpreted according to what the speaker has in mind.
50. Utterances using deictic expressions are easily understood by people who are not present.
51. "I read that in the last paragraph." -What type of deixis is "that" in this sentence?
52. Which sentence contain the distal form of person deixis?
53. What are the correct subcategories of social deixis?
54. "This page" refers to something nearby, which makes it proximal deixis.
55. Choose the sentence that contains proximal deixis:
56. What is deixis in pragmatics?
57. She opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came out. Her throat, like her whole body, was frozen with fright.
58. "here" , "there" , "now" , and "then" are Spacial Deixis.
59. How many types of deixis are there?
60. ..... somebody had once whispered to her .....
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