Despite any focus-derailing suppositions, my reference has clearly shown that the Korean nominative case marker, stripped of any nuance of deixis or definiteness, is still etymologically traced back to a demonstrative. From Wordnik.com. [Nipping the PIE ergative *-s theory right in the bud] Reference
This question is closely related to that of the temporal deixis of. From Wordnik.com. [PhilGons.com] Reference
These cues are a result of the combination of two levels of language: The semantic principle of deixis and the use of certain types of grammatical Adjunct. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The demonstrative words 'That' and 'those' express physical orientation in language by pointing to where the speaker is situated relative to other entities specified in the sentence. (deixis). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
It was a brilliant course (two days of the science of language: what’s not to love?) but it’s harder to enjoy when you’ve only had four-and-a-half hours sleep and then you have to talk about ‘lexical vs deixis constructions’ or ‘M4M (hand and mouth are different) mouth gestures’. From Wordnik.com. [Embarrassing crushes « Sven’s guide to…] Reference
It's all about deixis, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Percomate] Reference
1973, 1974) Lewis (1979, 1980), Thomason (1990) and others have developed models of the evolution of conversations aimed at understanding the role of quantification, presupposition (both semantic and pragmatic), anaphora, deixis, and vagueness in discourse. From Wordnik.com. [Saving Prostitutes in Sevilla] Reference
Turn out to have very ramified implications; that of person, since it involves and flows from the speaking situation, is bound up with that of deixis, or the kind of pointing that demonstrative pronouns normally carry out (I = this; thou = that (near); third person = yonder). ". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 1] Reference
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