Person Deixis
Person Deixis
Person deixis is deictic reference to the participant role of a referent, such as
- the speaker
- the addressee, and
- referents which are neither speaker nor addressee.
Person deixis is commonly expressed by the following kinds of constituents:
- Pronouns
- Possessive affixes of nouns
- Agreement affixes of verbs
Page/s: 877
Source: Mish 1991
Mish, Frederick (editor). 1991.Webster's ninth new collegiate dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. 1,564 pages. 0877795088; indexed 0877795096; deluxe 087779510X.
Page/s: 62
Source: Levinson 1983
Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Page/s: 168
Source: Hartmann and Stork 1972
Hartmann, R.R.K., and F.C. Stork. 1972.Dictionary of language and linguistics. London: Applied Science.
Page/s: 263
Source: Crystal 1980
Crystal, David. 1980.A first dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. Boulder, CO: Westview.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Deixis
More specific terms
- NT5 ↓ First Person Deixis ►
- NT5 ↓ Second Person Deixis
- NT5 ↓ Third Person Deixis ►
Related terms
- RT⇆ Addressee
- RT⇆ Affix (Linguistics)
- RT⇆ Head
- RT⇆ Imperative Mood
- RT⇆ Infinitive
- RT⇆ Inflection
- RT⇆ Inflectional Affix
- RT⇆ Nonfinite Verb
- RT⇆ Noun
- RT⇆ Participant Role
- RT⇆ Personal Pronoun
- RT⇆ Pronoun
- RT⇆ Referent
- RT⇆ Speaker
- RT⇆ Verb (Linguistics)
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/person-deixis
