deixis

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the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs

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Although this article draws examples primarily from English, deixis is believed to be a feature (to some degree) of all natural languages. Source: Internet

Discourse Discourse deixis, also referred to as text deixis, refers to the use of expressions within an utterance to refer to parts of the discourse that contains the utterance — including the utterance itself. Source: Internet

Distinction must be made between discourse deixis and anaphora, which is when an expression makes reference to the same referent as a prior term, as in :Matthew is an incredible athlete; he came in first in the race. Source: Internet

Deixis and indexicality The terms deixis and indexicality are frequently used almost interchangeably, and both deal with essentially the same idea: contextually dependent references. Source: Internet

Gestural deixis refers, broadly, to deictic expressions whose understanding requires some sort of audio-visual information. Source: Internet

Honorifics main Honorifics are a much more complex form of social deixis than T–V distinctions, though they encode similar types of social information. Source: Internet

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