How many deixis expressions are in the sentence: 'We were students there last year, but those instructors didn’t care about us, so now I’m studying here instead.'

Understand the Problem

The question is asking for the number of deixis expressions in a given sentence. Deictic expressions are words or phrases that require contextual information to convey their meaning, such as pronouns, temporal expressions, and spatial terms. We will identify and count these expressions in the provided sentence.

More Information

Deictic expressions refer to words that rely on context for meaning, such as personal pronouns, demonstratives, time and place adverbs. In the given sentence, the deictic expressions are 'we', 'there', 'last year', 'those', 'us', and 'now'.

Tips

A common mistake is to overlook expressions that are deictic because they seem to convey direct information. Ensure you've considered the context dependency of the words.

Sources

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