Pragmatic Study on Deixis Analysis in Ruskin Bond’s Short Story ‘The Eyes Have It’

Abstract

This in-depth investigation of Ruskin Bond's "The Eyes Have It" delves into the darkest recesses of deixis. The discerning eye uncovers compelling patterns by unraveling the enigmatic tapestry of person, spatial, temporal, discourse, and social deixis. Individual deixis rules at 36.07%, a throbbing heartbeat reverberating with character drenching. Spatial deixis (18.03%) lays out scenes of energetic tones, while talk deixis (20.08%) arranges the story's balletic developments. Character interaction gains vitality thanks to social deixis (16.80%). The elusive conductor orchestrating chronological harmony is temporal deixis (9.02 percent). A linguistic symphony dissected to illuminate the elusive pragmatics in short story literature, the narrative is imbued with coherence and depth by the dance of deixis types, which is intricately interwoven.