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1 What kinds of deictic expressions are used here (e.g. We = person deixis)?(a) We went there last summer.
(a) We (person deixis), went there (spatial deixis), last summer (temporal deixis)
1 What kinds of deictic expressions are used here (e.g. We = person deixis)? (b) I’m busy now so you can’t stay here. Come back later.
(b) I, you (person deixis), here, come back (spatial deixis), now, later (temporal deixis)
2 How do we describe the pragmatic difference between the pair here and now versus there and then?
Speakers use here and now when talking about things close to them and there and then for things distant or not close to them.
3 What kind of inference is involved in interpreting each of these utterances? (a) T E A C H E R : You can borrow my Shakespeare.
(a) if X is the name of a writer of a book, then X can be used to identify a copy of a book by that writer (in an educational setting)
3 What kind of inference is involved in interpreting each of these utterances?(b) WA I T E R : The ham sandwich left without paying.
(b) if X is the name of a meal, then X can be used to refer to the person who orders the meal (in a restaurant setting)
3 What kind of inference is involved in interpreting each of these utterances?(c) N U R S E : The hernia in room 5 wants to talk to the doctor.
(c) if X is the name of a medical condition, then X can be used to refer to the person with that medical condition (in a medical setting)
3 What kind of inference is involved in interpreting each of these utterances?(d) D E N T I S T : My eleven-thirty canceled so I had an early lunch.
(d) if X is the time of an appointment, X can be used to refer to the person with that appointment (in a business office setting)
4 What are the anaphoric expressions in the following sentence? Dr. Foster gave Andy some medicine after he told her about his headaches and she advised him to take the pills three times a day until the pain went away.
he, her, his, she, him, the pills, the pain
5 What is the technical term for the phrase an old car in its relationship with it in the following utterance? I have an old car, but it runs great.
the antecedent
6 What is one obvious presupposition of a speaker who says: (a) Your clock isn’t working.
(a) You have a clock
6 What is one obvious presupposition of a speaker who says: (b) Where did he find the money?
(b) He found the money
6 What is one obvious presupposition of a speaker who says: (d) The king of France is bald.
(d) France has a king
