Vertical Deixis

Related terms

  • RT Deictic Center
  • RT Place Deixis
  • RT Speaker
Definition note

Vertical deixis is place deixis that indicates location upward or downward in relation to the speaker or other deictic center .

Bibliographic note
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Source: Denny 1978

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