What is Deixis?
- Words whose meaning depends on context, speaker, time, or place
- Words whose meaning is fixed and universal
- Words that have no grammatical function
- None of these
Explanation
- Deixis refers to words whose meaning depends on context.
- Their meaning changes according to speaker, time, or place.
- Examples include words like I, you, here, there, now, then.
- They cannot be fully understood without knowing the situation of use.
- Deixis is an important concept in pragmatics (language study).
Last verified on 23-05-2026
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