UNIT 3: Deixis Subject: Describing and using English Teacher: Josep Maria Cots Student: Vasilica (más)

UNIT 3: Deixis Subject: Describing and using English Teacher: Josep Maria Cots Student: Vasilica Mocanu Date: 17/01/2011 (menos)

Deixis 2 What “deixis” is? That part of linguistics which deals with communicative conditions, (más)

Deixis 2 What “deixis” is? That part of linguistics which deals with communicative conditions, elements we are not aware of when we are speaking. (menos)

Deixis 3 Some important concepts Reference: information the interlocutors share about a thing or a (más)

Deixis 3 Some important concepts Reference: information the interlocutors share about a thing or a person which helps them to get better or worse a message. Indexical: also called “deictic” is a word which refers to another that thrown away from a context, loses its meaning. Anaphora: an indexical used to talk about something we have already said and we don’t want to repeat. (menos)

Deixis 4 Some important concepts Cataphora: an indexical we use in order to refer to an element (más)

Deixis 4 Some important concepts Cataphora: an indexical we use in order to refer to an element which is going to be talked about. That’s the opposite of “anaphora”. (menos)

Deixis 5 Types of “deixis” 2 different classifications A) from the point of (más)

Deixis 5 Types of “deixis” 2 different classifications A) from the point of view of the use we make of “deixis”. B) from the point of view of the referent ( person or thing we are talking about). (menos)

Deixis 8 2. Symbolic deixis elements whose interpretation only depends on the present situation (más)

Deixis 8 2. Symbolic deixis elements whose interpretation only depends on the present situation in which the interlocutors are in the moment they have a conversation. (menos)

Deixis 10 1. Person deixis: refers to the participants in a conversation or people they are (más)

Deixis 10 1. Person deixis: refers to the participants in a conversation or people they are talking about. (menos)

Deixis 13 Examples of “deictics” Pronouns: that, those, he. Adverbs: here, there, today, two hours (más)

Deixis 13 Examples of “deictics” Pronouns: that, those, he. Adverbs: here, there, today, two hours later. (menos)