Ellipsis, Deixis

Question 1

Deixis

Answer 1

Act of pointing to something by using certain language items

Question 2

Spatial Deixis

Answer 2

Refers to physical places

E.g. ‘here’ ‘over there’ ‘this’ ‘that one’

Question 3

Temporal Deixis

Answer 3

Refers to points in time

E.g. ‘later’ ‘last week’ ‘tomorrow’

Question 4

Ellipsis

Answer 4

When the listeners fills in the details not fully explained

E.g. ‘…and then I felt, you know…’