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Indexicality

In semiotics, linguistics, anthropology, and philosophy of language, indexicality is the phenomenon of a sign pointing to (or indexing) some element in the context in which it occurs. A sign that signifies indexically is called an index or, in philosophy, an indexical.

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Indexicality

Nodes122
Edges121
Triples80
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016393
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related to In linguistic anthropology · 16
Indexicality → Cultural Description, Ferdinand, It, Jakobson, Leonard Bloomfield, Linguistic Categories, Michael Silverstein, Noam Chomsky, Peirce, Saussure, Saussurean, Shifters, Silverstein, The, This, United States
related to In philosophy of mind and metaphysics · 16
Indexicality → Benj Hellie, Consciousness, Even Harder Problem, German, Hellie's, Herbert Spiegelberg, Hitoshi Nagai, I-am-me, Ich-Erlebnis, Japanese, Other, Related, Roberts, Some, The, Tim
related to Referential indexicality (deixis) · 8
Indexicality → Deictic, In, On, Otto Jespersen, Peirce, Peircean, Roman Jakobson, Silverstein
related to Adaptation of Peircean semiotics · 7
Indexicality → An, As, Charles Sanders Peirce, Peirce, Silverstein, The, Thus
related to In philosophy of language · 5
Indexicality → Austin, However, In, Philosophical, This
related to In linguistic pragmatics · 4
Indexicality → In, Indeed, Specifically, This
related to Non-referential indexicality · 3
Indexicality → Non-referential, Of, The
is a · 1
Indexicality → phenomenon of a sign pointing to

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linguistic index language social indexical also example speaker meaning use one indices silverstein sign anthropology form philosophy class signs deixis

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Indexicalityis aphenomenon of a sign pointing to0.90text
common nounsinstance offrom standard denotational categories0.80text
which potentially refer to any member of a whole class or category of entitiesinstance offrom standard denotational categories0.80text
the one explored by William Labov in his work on postvocalic /r/ employment in words that had no word finalinstance ofThese particles vary from phonological alterations0.80text
Japaneseinstance ofcommon in tone languages0.80text
distant acquaintancesinstance ofpublic nature0.80text
business settingsinstance ofpublic nature0.80text
or other formal settings.Japanese also contains a set of humble formsinstance ofpublic nature0.80text
'I'instance ofpronouns0.80text
'you'instance ofpronouns0.80text
'he'instance ofpronouns0.80text
'she'instance ofpronouns0.80text

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