1.
(1) I, mine (person deixis); last Sunday (time deixis)
(3) in 1968 (time dexis)
(5) These (discourse/text deixis)
(6) in the following chapter (discourse/text deixis)
2. Then is a distal expression which applies to both past and future time relative to the time of speaking. Then in Sentence (1) refer to the past time; then in Sentence (2) the future time
3. John said “I am planning to be here this evening.”
Indirect speech: John said that he was planning with shifting of the context.
From the indirect speech to the indirect speech, the deictic elements have to be shifted from the proximal to the distal with the shifting of the context.
1. Exclusive use of we: (students to the teacher) Shall we go now? Here we refers to the speakers (students), not including the hearer (teacher).
Inclusive use of we: (student A to student B) shall we go now? Here we refers both the speaker and the hearer (Student A and Student B).
2. Let us may be exclusive or inclusive, while let’s is inclusive. They should correspond to different types of tag question:
Exclusive: let us go to school, will you?
Inclusive: let us go to school, shall we?
Let’s go to school, shall we?
3. Anaphoric reference: Mr. Smith sent me the book. I like it.
Cataphoric reference: I could not believe it. My wallet was stolen by one of my close friends.
4. A speech act consists of three dimensions: locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act. If your teacher says, “t have run out of chalk” in the process of lecturing, the act of saying is locutionary, the act of demanding for chalk is illocutionary, and the effect the utterance brings about is perlocutionary (one of the students will go and get some chalk).
5. Direct speech act: close the door, please. (An interesting performs the function of command.)
Indirect speech act: it’s cold here. (A declarative performs the function of request of closing the door.)
The sentence is wrong. The right one might be either “I am here.” or “I was here.” “Am” is a proximal deictic element, while “there” is a distal place deixis. They contradict with each other.