6-Discourse-deixis

PragmaticsDiscourseDeixisI.DefinitionDiscoursedeixishastodowiththeuseofexpressionsinsomeutterancesinreferencetoacertainportionoftheon-goingdiscourse.II.Discoursedeicticexpressions:1.“this”and“that”“this”usuallyfunctionstorefertoanimmediatefollowingportionofdiscourse;“that”isusedtorefertoaprecedingpartofdiscourse.e.g.“Thisiswhathedidtome.Herippedmyshirtandhitmeonthenose.”“Theyhadacaraccident.Thatwastheworstwecouldexpect.”2.“next”and“last”InthenextparagraphIwillshowyouwhattodo.Inthelastchapterwetalkedaboutmeaningandthestructureoflanguage.3.“it”—pronounoflaziness“It”isinasloppyrelationtotheantecedent;thereisnoreferentialidentity.Itissometimescalleddiscoursedeicticsasitreferstothechunkofdiscourse,thenounphrasethatwouldotherwisehavetoberepeatedwiththenecessaryqualification.e.g.(1)I’venevercookedarat,but,Paulhas,andittastedterrible.(2)Ikeepmycarinthegaragebutmynextdoorneighborkeepsitinhisdrive.(3)Themanwhogavehispaychecktohiswifewaswiserthanthemanwhogaveittohismistress.4.“it”referstothefollowingpartofthesentenceItsurprisesmethattheydon’twrite.ItwashisbestsuitthatJohnworetodamelastnight.5.“it”referstoalinguisticexpressionitselfThat’sahippopotamusHowdoyouspellit?6.logicalconnectorTherefore,inconclusion,onthecontrary,however,besides…