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
- Neither of the answers are correct.
- Neither of the answers is correct.
- Neither of the answers were correct.
- Neither of the answers be correct.
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Don't blam it on me
- Don't blame it on me
- Doesn't blame it on me
- Don't blamed it on me
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- The virtue has own reward
- Virtue has its own reward
- The virtue have its own reward
- Virtue has their own reward
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- I likes fresh fruits
- I like fresh fruit
- I liking fresh fruits
- I liked fresh fruiting
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- She is so beautiful
- She is very beautifully
- She are so beautiful
- She is much beautiful
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
