Deixis and distance

Deixis

"chỉ trỏ" bằng ngôn ngữ.

Deixis or idenxicals means pointing via language

Forms of deixis

person deixis

spatial deixis

temporal deixis

Proximal terms

Từ chỉ gần

Near speaker (deixis) - here, this, now

Distal terms

từ chỉ xa

"Far" from speaker (deixis) - that, there, then

Person deixis

(Chỉ xuất nhân xưng)

I, me, you

Honorifics

(kính ngữ)

Expressions which is indicate higher status. (Sir, Dame)

The Shift in Roles

(Sự Thay Đổi Vai Trò)

The roles of speaker and addressee constantly change within a conversation.

Spatial Deixis

Chỉ xuất không gian

used to point to a location (here, there, near)

Temporal Deixis

Chỉ xuất thời gian

use to indicate time reference (now, then, soon)

Proximal form

gần thời điểm nói

of deixis referring to words that indicate closeness in space or time, such as "this" or "now."

Distal form

xa thời điểm nói of deixis referring to words that indicate distance in space or time, such as "that" or "then."

The choice of verb tense

two basic forms, the present (proximal → I live here now.), and the past tense (distal → I lived there then)