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
Related MCQs
- To whom should I address this letter?
- Whom is going to the conference?
- Whom wrote this report?
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Two-thirds
- One-quarter
- One-third
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- The report, which was late was rejected.
- The report which was late was rejected.
- The report which was late, was rejected.
- The report, which was late, was rejected.
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Anaphora
- Alliteration
- Chiasmus
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- She drove nearly all children to school
- She nearly drove her children to school every day
- She drove her children to school nearly every day
- Nearly every day she drove her children to school
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
