Deixis
Deixis
Deixis is reference by means of an expression whose interpretation is relative to the (usually) extralinguistic context of the utterance , such as:
- who is speaking
- the time or place of speaking
- the gestures of the speaker
- the current location in the discourse
(English)
Here are examples of deictic expressions:
- I
- You
- Now
- There
- That
- The following
- Tenses
Page/s: 1025
Source: Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985
Quirk, Randolph, S. Greenbaum, G. Leech, and J. Svartvik. 1985.A comprehensive grammar of the English language. London: Longman.
Page/s: 335
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: 54–56
Source: Levinson 1983
Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Page/s: 103
Source: Crystal 1980
Crystal, David. 1980.A first dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. Boulder, CO: Westview.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Exophora
More specific terms
- NT4 ↓ Discourse Deixis ►
- NT4 ↓ Empathetic Deixis
- NT4 ↓ Person Deixis ►
- NT4 ↓ Place Deixis ►
- NT4 ↓ Social Deixis ►
- NT4 ↓ Time Deixis
Related terms
- RT⇆ Deictic Expression
- RT⇆ Demonstrative
- RT⇆ Discourse
- RT⇆ Gestural Usage
- RT⇆ Inclusive First Person Deixis
- RT⇆ Intimate Social Deixis
- RT⇆ Pragmatics
- RT⇆ Relational Social Deixis
- RT⇆ Speaker
- RT⇆ Symbolic Usage
- RT⇆ Tense
- RT⇆ Utterance
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/deixis
