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Deixis and Distance Worksheet & Suggested-Answers - Safe&Sound Song

The document provides lyrics from the song "Safe and Sound" by Taylor Swift and asks the reader to identify deixis (deictic expressions) within the lyrics. It defines deixis as person, temporal, spatial, and discourse deixis and asks the reader to group the identified deictic expressions accordingly and clarify what or who they point to. It also asks the reader to determine whether the identified deictic expressions are proximal or distal forms and explain the reasoning.

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Deixis and Distance Worksheet & Suggested-Answers - Safe&Sound Song

The document provides lyrics from the song "Safe and Sound" by Taylor Swift and asks the reader to identify deixis (deictic expressions) within the lyrics. It defines deixis as person, temporal, spatial, and discourse deixis and asks the reader to group the identified deictic expressions accordingly and clarify what or who they point to. It also asks the reader to determine whether the identified deictic expressions are proximal or distal forms and explain the reasoning.

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Worksheet 1: Deixis and Distance

Watch the video clip and read the lyrics of the song “Safe and sound” by Taylor Swift. Then,
answer the questions below.
(1) I remember tears streaming down your face when I said I'll never let you go
(2) When all those shadows almost killed your light
(3) I remember you said don't leave me here alone
(4) But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight

(5) Just close your eyes, the sun is going down


(6) You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
(7) Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound

(8) Don't you dare look out your window, darling everything's on fire
(9) The war outside our door keeps raging on
(10) Hold onto this lullaby even when the music’s gone, gone
Just close your eyes, the sun is going down
You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound
Just close your eyes, you'll be alright
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS
1. List all the deictic expressions in the lyrics and group them into the correct type. Clarify what/
who the deictic expressions point to.

Person Deixis Temporal Deixis Spatial Deixis Discourse Deixis


I Present tense Go
Your Past tense Those ***that’s (dead and
You tonight Here gone) => the
Me now This preceding utterance
Direct speech “I’ll never Outside (not leave alone).
***darling. let you go”, “don’t leave Come
me here alone”
***(stream) down
(your face), (look) out
(your window).

Rationale: need
situational (physical)
context => whose face
=> down in what
trajectory.

What window =>


looking out to what.

2. Decide whether those deictic expressions are proximal or distal forms. Explain why.
Proximal Distal
I, your, you, me (in the conversation) Past tense
Past tense Go
Tonight Those
Now Outside
Come
Here
This
Direct speech “I’ll never let you go”, “don’t leave
me here alone”

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