This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Reference > Deixis In Discourse – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Deixis In Discourse Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of reference refers to a noun which does not pick out a particular entity but a general class? A) Definite. B) Indefinite. C) Generic. D) Locative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generic. 2. Let us go. A) INCLUSIVE. B) EXCLUSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EXCLUSIVE. 3. How many types of dexis are there? A) 4. B) 5. C) 6. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 4. Deixis means ..... via language. A) Identifying. B) Talking. C) Pointing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pointing. 5. 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) 5. B) 3. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 6. "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. 7. "This sword is mine." -The word "this" is an example of: A) Spatial deixis. B) Distal deixis. C) Discourse deixis. D) Proximal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proximal deixis. 8. "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. 9. "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. 10. 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. 11. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They both involve the use of context to interpret meaning. 12. He finished the race in only 10 minutes. ( This) set a new world record. A) Personal deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) Temporal deixis. D) Discourse deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discourse deixis. 13. What does implicature refer to? A) Literal interpretation. B) Explicitly stated meaning. C) Contextual ambiguity. D) Implied meaning not stated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Implied meaning not stated. 14. They tried to hurt me, but he came to the rescue.The highlighted word refers to A) Pesonal deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pesonal deixis. 15. "He stared at her for a long time and then turned to the right and continued driving"The highlighted word refers to? A) Textual deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spatial deixis. 16. "Here" is an example of: A) Proximal spatial deixis. B) Distal temporal deixis. C) Distal person deixis. D) Proximal temporal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proximal spatial deixis. 17. Spatial deixis is used to indicate time. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. "My professor Albert is really knowledgeable"What is My Professor refers to? A) Personal Deixis. B) Textual Deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal Deixis. 19. I am here. A) Personal Deixis. B) Spatial Deixis. C) Temporal Deixis. D) Textual Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spatial Deixis. 20. "Your Majesty" is a form of social deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. ..... depends on the location of the speaker. A) Spatial deixis. B) Temporal deixis. C) Person deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spatial deixis. 22. They attended the New York Fashion Week last year. Last Year refers to? A) Personal Deixis. B) Temporal Deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal Deixis. 23. First and second person pronouns are deictic. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Which of the following is an example of time deixis? A) Here. B) That. C) This. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tomorrow. 25. Words like "this, " "that, " "these, " and "those" may be spatial, discourse, or social deixis depending on context. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDeixis In Discourse Quiz 1Deixis In Discourse Quiz 2Deixis In Discourse Quiz 4Deixis In Discourse Quiz 5Deixis In Discourse Quiz 6Deixis In Discourse Quiz 7Deixis In Discourse Quiz 8Anaphora And Cataphora QuizAnaphoric Reference QuizCataphoric Reference QuizDeixis QuizReference Devices QuizTextual Deixis Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books