The term ‘deixis’ is a derived from ___________language.

• A) French
• B) Sanskrit
• C) Greek
• D) Italian

Social Deixis refers to expressions which clearly __________ social meaning.

• A) decode
• B) erode
• C) encode
• D) devote

Temporal deixis is also known as __________ deixis.

• A) social
• B) person
• C) time
• D) spatial

Deictic referents are typically denotations with _________descriptive power, because of the role of assumed knowledge in determining reference.

• A) flash
• B) limited
• C) shoal
• D) topical

The expressive thanking speech act is presumably used because it sounds more __________.

• A) polite and friendly
• B) callous and friendly
• C) glum and friendly
• D) surly and friendly

The default deictic center is the speaker’s __________ at the time of utterance.

• A) sump
• B) peat
• C) location
• D) turf

These exercises will _________ well in tutorial groups.

• A) worked
• B) working
• C) works
• D) work

‘Deictic expressions such as that, those or these are called__________.

• A) indefinite and non-specific pronouns
• B) definite and specific pronouns
• C) indefinite and specific pronouns
• D) none of the above given options

Spatial deixis are also known as __________.

• A) choate deixis
• B) domain deixis
• C) integral deixis
• D) place deixis

There is a basic expectation that the presupposition of a simple sentence will continue to be _________when that simple sentence becomes part of a more complex sentence.

• A) wrong
• B) specious
• C) moderate
• D) true

Speech acts and their linguistic realizations are culturally__________.

• A) gentle
• B) bound
• C) infirm
• D) timid

‘This room is a real mess’. The given sentence is an example of___________.

• A) None of the given options
• B) indirect speech act
• C) direct speech act
• D) imperatives speech act

Constatives are the statements that attempt to describe_________.

• A) trip
• B) fantasy
• C) reality
• D) apparition

A lot of what we say in everyday speech is left unfinished due to__________.

• A) we have no need to complete the sentence
• B) we are interrupted
• C) we are bollixed
• D) All of the given options

In temporal deixis distinction, ‘CT’ stands for coding time and ‘RT’ stand for__________ time.

• A) leaving
• B) receiving
• C) dictating
• D) showing

‘Could you open that door for me?’ The given statement is an example of__________ speech act.

• A) direct
• B) None of the given options
• C) indirect
• D) complex

Much of the everyday human interaction is characterized by the _________rather than the primarily transactional use of language.

• A) None of the given options
• B) secondary interpersonal
• C) primary interpersonal
• D) major impersonal

Speech acts are__________ of communication.

• A) acts
• B) repose
• C) sloth
• D) stoppage

Spatial deixis are used to indicate the relative __________ of people and things.

• A) state
• B) location
• C) domain
• D) time

It is very _________ for the speaker to update the deictic center in more extended discourse.

• A) exceptional
• B) intrinsic
• C) endemic
• D) common