I have a question about...
I have a question about Tuesday's homework. On question 2b the book classifies "at once" as temporal deixis (gestural). I understand the temporal classification but not so much the gestural. "At once" to me means "now," which is clearly temporal. Where does the gestural come into play? I don't feel it's necessary to be looking at someone to understand "Come out from behind there at once, Smith!" If anything, I think the gestural classification should go with "there," which the book does classify it as such- "spatial deixis (gestural-the distinction is sometimes hard to apply). Personally, I would apply the gestural classification to "there" way before I would to "at once."
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