This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Reference > Deixis In Discourse – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Deixis In Discourse Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Provide an example of place deixis. A) I will call you tomorrow. B) She is standing over there. C) We will meet at noon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is standing over there. 2. "That is a great story."What's the dexis type of the word "that" ? A) Discourse deixis. B) Time deixis. C) Place deixis. D) Person deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discourse deixis. 3. "It is raining now, but I hope when you read this it will be sunny?"What's the dexis type of the word "now" ? A) Person deixis. B) Social deixis. C) Time deixis. D) Place deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time deixis. 4. Provide an example of person deixis. A) I will call you tomorrow. B) The dog is standing over there. C) The car is brooken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will call you tomorrow. 5. Matthew is an incredible athlete; he came in first in the race. A) Textual Deixis. B) Temporal Deixis. C) Personal Deixis. D) Spatial Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Textual Deixis. 6. Personal deixis changes meaning depending on who is speaking. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. News reporter from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia reports of the followings:This city has witnessed a flood as a result of the heavy rain. "This city" in this sentence is: A) Person deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) Temporal deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spatial deixis. 8. "She" and "they" are spatial deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. What does discourse deixis refer to? A) Parts of the discourse. B) Participants in communication. C) Social roles. D) Physical location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parts of the discourse. 10. Anaphora is more common that cataphora. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Fill in the blank: ..... :how we put words together ..... :word meanings ..... :speaker meaning A) Semantics; syntax; pragmatics. B) Syntax; semantics; pragmatics. C) Syntax; pragmatics; semantics. D) Pragmatics, semantics, syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syntax; semantics; pragmatics. 12. "That day" is an example of temporal deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which of the following sentences is true about co-context? A) Co-context is non-verbal language speakers use like facial expressions or hand gestures. B) Co-context of a word is a set of other words used in the same phrase or sentence or utterance. C) Co-context is the physical context in which the conversation occurs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Co-context is non-verbal language speakers use like facial expressions or hand gestures. 14. Why are come, bring, take, go considered spatial deixis? A) They show the relationship between the speaker and the listener. B) They show the reference to the future. C) They show the idea of proximity and indicate the concept of distance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They show the idea of proximity and indicate the concept of distance. 15. "Pete promised me a souvenir from Paris but I never got it." -IT is A) Cataphoric reference. B) Anaphoric reference. C) Exophoric reference. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphoric reference. 16. Spatial deixis indixates: A) Location. B) Time. C) Things. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Location. 17. Saturday is deictic word of? A) Spatial deixis. B) Temporal deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal deixis. 18. What is required to understand the meaning of 'I'll meet you there'? A) Knowing the location and time. B) Knowing the social context. C) Knowing the time of the meeting. D) Knowing the speaker's identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowing the location and time. 19. "Good eveing, ma'am."What's the dexis type of the word "ma'am" ? A) Place deixis. B) Discourse deixis. C) Social deixis. D) Time deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social deixis. 20. In response to these difficult conditions, hundreds of thousands of East German citizens fled to the West to live., the word is refering to ..... A) West Union. B) West German. C) West Germany. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West Germany. 21. What type of reference refers to a noun which does not pick out a particular entity but a general class? A) Generic. B) Locative. C) Definite. D) Indefinite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generic. 22. How many types of dexis are there? A) 4. B) 6. C) 7. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 23. Deixis means ..... via language. A) Identifying. B) Talking. C) Pointing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pointing. 24. Sunday? Ok. I will see you then.2. Yesterday, she went to school at 7am.3. I had a holiday there last summer.4. Here is a good spot; it is too sunny over thereHow many temporal deixis are there in these 4 sentences? A) 6. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 25. "She is going to the weekend concert, but she is stuck in traffic."She refers to? A) Temporal deixis. B) Personal deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal deixis. 26. "This sword is mine." -The word "this" is an example of: A) Discourse deixis. B) Distal deixis. C) Proximal deixis. D) Spatial deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proximal deixis. 27. "They attended the Met Gala last month."last month refers to? A) Personal deixis. B) Temporal deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal deixis. 28. "Over there" is an example of distal spatial deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Spatial deixis indicates a specific place or distance between the speaker and the object. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. How are deixis and indexicality related in the domain of pragmatics? A) They have no relationship to each other. B) Deixis is used in written language while indexicality is used in spoken language. C) Deixis refers to pronouns while indexicality refers to verbs. D) They both involve the use of context to interpret meaning. 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