The Linguistic Function of Spatial Deixis in English Texts

Feruza Khandamova; Maftuna Ibodulloeva

doi:10.1997/nh210640

Authors

Feruza Khandamova Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages Author
Maftuna Ibodulloeva Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1997/nh210640

Keywords:

deixis, deictic expressions, spatial deixis, demonstratives, indexicals

Abstract

This article aims at studying the spatial deictic expressions in English texts. The values of deictic are uncontroversial determined pragmatically but are also input to semantic interpretation. The deictic devices in a language commit a speaker to set up a frame of reference around her. Every language carries an implicit division of the space around the current speaker, a division of time relative to the act of speaking, and, via pronouns, a shorthand naming system for the participants involved in the talk. While languages contain such deictic divisions of space and time, their use has to be calculated by the participants in actual contexts. By analyzing some sentences from English narrative texts, we argued that in order to reach the exact interpretation of the place and time deictic expressions, the speaker uses the most economical means to describe a particular place and time.

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Author Biographies

Feruza Khandamova, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages

Teacher of English at the chair of “Innovation Educational Technologies and Pedagogy”, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Uzbekistan
Maftuna Ibodulloeva, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages

Teacher of English at the chair of “Innovation Educational Technologies and Pedagogy”, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Uzbekistan

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