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DEIXIS AND DINSTANCE. - Coggle Diagram
DEIXIS AND DINSTANCE.
DEIXIS.
Deictic expressions have their most basic uses in face-to-face spoken interaction where utterances are easily understood by the people present, but may need a translation for someone not right there
PERSON DEIXIS
Person deixis clearly operates on a basic three-part division, exemplified by the pronouns for first person (T), second person ('you'), and third person ('he', 'she', or 'it').
SPATIAL DEIXIS.
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it is important to remember that location from the speaker's perspective can be fixed mentally as well as physically
Deitic projection.
Speakers also seem to be able to project themselves into other locations prior to actually being in those locations,
Temporal Deixis.
The psychological basis of temporal deixis seems to be similar to that of spatial deixis. We can treat temporal events as objects that move toward us (into view) or away from us (out of view).
the remote or distal form can be used to communicate not only distance from current time, but also distance from current reality or facts
DEIXIS AND GRAMMAR.
The basic distinctions presented so far for person, spatial, and temporal deixis can all be seen at work in one of the most com-mon structural distinctions made in English grammar—that between direct and indirect (or reported) speech.
It should not be a surprise to learn that deictic expressions were all to be found in the pragmatics wastebasket.
DISTANCE.
Deixis is clearly a form of referring that is tied to the speaker's context, with the most basic distinction between deictic expres-sions being 'near speaker' versus 'away from speaker'
Psychological distance
Physically close objects will tend to be treated by the speaker as psychologically close. Also, something that is physically distant will generally be treated as psycho-logically distant