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'''Deixis''' is introduced to handle the 'orientational' features of language which are relative to the time and place of utterance. | |||
===Examples=== | |||
(i) personal pronouns: ''I, you, he,'' etc. | |||
(ii) adverbials of place and time: ''here, there''; ''now, then'' | |||
===Origin=== | |||
Deixis is merely the Greek word for 'pointing' or 'indicating'. | |||
===Other languages=== | ===Other languages=== | ||
German [[Deixis (de)]] | German [[Deixis (de)]] Chinese [[指示语]] | ||
===Reference=== | |||
{{: Lyons 1968}} | |||
{{dc}} | {{dc}} | ||
[[Category:Semantics]] | [[Category:Semantics]] | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 17 June 2008
Deixis is introduced to handle the 'orientational' features of language which are relative to the time and place of utterance.
Examples
(i) personal pronouns: I, you, he, etc.
(ii) adverbials of place and time: here, there; now, then
Origin
Deixis is merely the Greek word for 'pointing' or 'indicating'.
Other languages
German Deixis (de) Chinese 指示语
Reference
Lyons, John. 1968. Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.