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Deixis

In linguistics, deixis (/ˈdaɪksɪs, ˈdeɪksɪs/) 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…

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Charles J. FillmoreSignedGrammatical personsGenderAdverbs
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Deictic field and narration

PsychologyLiterary theoryGrammaticalKarl BühlerWilliam Labov
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Deixis

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Avg. degree1.95
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related to Further reading · 59
Deixis → Alexandrine Barontini, Anderson, Bagdad, Border Between Lexicon, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Charles, Christophe Pereira, Deictic, Dominique Caubet, Ed, Eds, Edward, Estudios, Fillmore, First Person Term, Foundations, Gaynesford, George Grigore, German
related to Labov's narrative model · 17
Deixis → According, All, As, By, Each, For, Galbraith, Generally, Given, Labov, Labov's, Labovian, Like, Some, The, Two, William Labov
related to Deixis in narratology · 16
Deixis → According, Acts, Buhler, Buhler's, Galbraith, German, Hamburger, He, HERE//NOW/I, In, Katie Hamburger, Körpertastbild, Literature, Reality, The Logic, Zeigfeld
related to Deixis · 10
Deixis → According, Austrian, Essentially, Karl Bühler, More, Such, The, To, When, Within
related to Distinction with similar terms · 10
Deixis → An, For, Generally, However, In, It, London, More, Susan, The
related to Temporal · 8
Deixis → Although, English, For, He, Temporal, Tenses, This, When
related to Deictic center · 7
Deixis → Any, Often, Such, The, These, Thus, Within
related to Discourse deixis · 7
Deixis → Discourse, For, In, John, Switch, This, Tom
related to Types · 5
Deixis → Charles, Fillmore, In, Some, There
related to Usages · 5
Deixis → Gestural, However, It, So, Symbolic

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deictic center narrative story expressions within discourse language time utterance example refers used spatial speaker personal linguistics context world use

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Deixisis aintegral component of the lens through which the audience perceives the narrative.Labov's narrative modelWilliam Labov argues that stories of personal experience can be divided…0.90text
Deixisis aimportant element of oral narrative and can be realized in different ways in each of Labov's categories0.90text
Deixisis aintegral component of the lens through which the audience perceives the narrative0.90text
a voice recording or written textinstance ofthey can differ in cases0.80text
personinstance ofone must first understand that language grammaticalizes context-dependent features0.80text
spaceinstance ofone must first understand that language grammaticalizes context-dependent features0.80text
and timeinstance ofone must first understand that language grammaticalizes context-dependent features0.80text
Deixisrelated to Deictic centerThe0.60section
Deixisrelated to Deictic centerOften0.60section
Deixisrelated to Deictic centerAny0.60section
Deixisrelated to Deictic centerSuch0.60section
Deixisrelated to Deictic centerThus0.60section

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