DEIXIS IN ENGLISH AND KURDISHLANGUAGES

Abstract

deixis is the use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person,  e.g. the words (yesterday, there, and he)  are deictic, as their denoted meaning varies and  depends on time , place  and person  specified in the context. Deixis is a Universal feature of all languages.

This study deals with the deixis in English and Kurdish languages, in order to show the similarities and differences between them from the grammatical and semantic aspects of points.

The study is based on two hypotheses; the first is that the deixis as a Universal aspect, are similar in the two languages in terms of their types and the elements used to express them. The second hypothesis is that the two languages have similar and different grammatical and semantic aspects in terms of the type of personal pronouns, number, gender and case.