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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اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Words with the same pronunciation and meaning
- Words with different meanings but same spelling
- Two words that differ by only one sound and have different meanings
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- The rhythm of a sentence
- The structure of a poem
- The choice and use of words in speech or writing
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Elision
- Assimilation
- Insertion
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Ambition and desire for unlimited knowledge and power
- Love for wealth only
- Fear of society
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
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