Empathetic Deixis
Empathetic Deixis
Empathetic deixis is the metaphorical use of deictic forms to indicate emotional or other psychological “distance” or “proximity” between a speaker and a referent .
(English)
- The use of this to indicate the speaker’s empathy
- The use of that to indicate the speaker’s emotional distance
Page/s: 677
Source: Lyons 1977b
Lyons, John. 1977b.Semantics. Volumes I, II. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Page/s: 81
Source: Levinson 1983
Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Deixis
Related terms
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/empathetic-deixis
