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Deixis
(2,985 words)
1. Definition The term ‘deixis’ (also
deictic expressions or
shifters) indicates a group of linguistic elements attested in all languages, whose meaning necessarily implies a return to the uttering act in order to find a particular referent. ‘Deixis’ is a borrowing from Ancient Greek, which originally signified ‘the action of showing’. In fact, deixis draws the attention of the interlocutor(s) to a referent that is present in the situation of communication through the aid of specific words, such as demonstratives in
Look at this beautiful painting!, which might be said while vis…
Date:
2018-04-01
