How does deixis affect the meaning of a sentence? ...

★ Grammar and Syntax

How does deixis affect the meaning of a sentence?

A. Deixis affects meaning by making it context-dependent.

B. Deixis makes sentences universally understandable.

C. Deixis eliminates ambiguity in communication.

D. Deixis is unrelated to the context of a sentence.

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Analyze the surface structure of the sentence: ‘She gave him a book.’

A. Indirect Object-Subject-Verb-Direct Object (IO-S-V-DO) structure.

B. Verb-Subject-Direct Object-Indirect Object (V-S-DO-IO) structure.

C. Subject-Direct Object-Verb-Indirect Object (S-DO-V-IO) structure.

D. Subject-Verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object (S-V-IO-DO) structure.