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Pragmatic (Deixis (temporal deixis {used to point to a time
(now, then,…
Pragmatic
Deixis
temporal deixis {used to point to a time
(now, then, last week)
spatial deixis {Words and phrases used to point to a location (here, there, near that)}
person deixis {use deixis to point to things (it, this, these boxes) and people (him, them, those idiots)}
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The study of what speakers mean, or ‘speaker meaning
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is the set of other words used in the same
phrase or sentence. The surrounding co-text has a strong effect on what we think the word probably means.
Our understanding of much of what we read and hear is tied to this processing of aspects of the physical context, particularly the time and place, in which we encounter linguistic expressions.
Expressions from the Greek word deixis, which means “pointing” via language.
As an act by which a speaker (or writer) uses
language to enable a listener (or reader) to identify something.
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