Bilgewater: Context and Cohesion
Task B - Deixis
As the passage is quite long passage, it is not practical to look at
every deictic item. Instead, we will look at a few sentences spread throughout
the passage:
(13) This was the third interview of the day. (14) The
first had been as she had expected - carping, snappish, harsh, watchful
- unfriendly even before you had your hand off the door handle.
(19) That had been a long one.
(31) I think Miss Blenkinsop-Briggs has already answered
my questions in the interview this morning.
(38) And now, here we are. (39) The third interview.
(70) Shall I come here? (71) Would I like it after all?
For each of the above sentences, ask yourselves
(i) whose viewpoint is being presented and (ii) what deictic, and other,
features in the text are indicating that viewpoint for us?
Then compare what you think with what we say.
It will be helpful for you to look at the immediate
context for each sentence in the passage when working out what you want
to say.
Our answer
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