Unbounded Deixis

Broader Terms

  • BT Boundedness

Related terms

  • RT Place Deixis
Definition note

Unbounded deixis is a distinction in place deixis that indicates the lack of a defined border.

Example note

The use of the word there in contrast to in there and out there indicates unbounded deixis.

Bibliographic note
Page/s: 74
Source: Denny 1978

Denny, J. Peter. 1978. "Locating the universals in lexical systems for spatial deixis." In Farkas, Jacobsen, and Todrys 1978.