deixis
Sign in to saveIn linguistics, deixis () is the use of words or phrases to refer to a particular time (e.g. then), place (e.g. here), or person (e.g. you) relative to the context of the utterance. Deixis exists in all known natural languages and is closely related to anaphora, with a sometimes unclear distinction between the two. In linguistic anthropology, deixis is seen as the same as, or a subclass of, indexicality.
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19 sectionsContents
- Types
- Personal
- Spatial
- Temporal
- Discourse deixis
- Social deixis
- Deictic center
- Usages
- Distinction with similar terms
- Deictic field and narration
- Deixis
- Labov's narrative model
- Deictic center
- Deictic shift theory
- Deixis in narratology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In linguistics, deixis () is the use of words or phrases to refer to a particular time (e.g. then), place (e.g. here), or person (e.g. you) relative to the context of the utterance. Deixis exists in all known natural languages and is closely related to anaphora, with a sometimes unclear distinction between the two. In linguistic anthropology, deixis is seen as the same as, or a subclass of, indexicality.
The term's origin is . To this, Chrysippus () added the specialized meaning point of reference, which is the sense in which the term is used in contemporary linguistics.