deictic pronouns. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But there are more context-sensitive expressions than indexical, deictic and anaphoric pronouns. From Wordnik.com. [Pragmatics] Reference
Indexical expressions have been called ˜deictic,™ ˜egocentric particulars 'and ˜token-reflexive expressions.™. From Wordnik.com. [Pragmatics] Reference
A deictic origin of this case ending seems painfully obvious to me and it surely is the simplest solution available by far. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
The only point that makes them pronoun-ish are that they are deictic, but even then, shacho or sensei can have that quality. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LINGUISTICS ON NOVA.] Reference
Such a word would be a hapax if it weren't for the analysis that this item is composed of celu plus a declined deictic -itule. From Wordnik.com. [Deictics on the Tabula Capuana] Reference
Finally, there are the uses of these pronouns in which we shall be interested, the indexical (or demonstrative or deictic) uses, as in (5) and (6). From Wordnik.com. [Again] Reference
The analysis of celutule as celu plus a declined deictic form of -ta "the" is unlikely here thanks to the fact that we already have ital attested in line 10. From Wordnik.com. [Deictics on the Tabula Capuana] Reference
We say that a pronoun is anaphoric, as opposed to deictic, for example, if it depends for its interpretation on an antecedent expression elsewhere in the sentence or the discourse. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse Representation Theory] Reference
But I knew I wouldn't get it - I conlang, a lot, but I have no finished conlang to show, and judging by the HBO pitch, I don't think that showing off my flashy deictic systems would have impressed them much. From Wordnik.com. [HBO creates new language for GAME OF THRONES] Reference
He means Goethe, not the preludic and breath-born (e) launch of Wordsworth's "Oh there is a blessing in this gentle breeze," where the deictic "this" serves almost to demonstrate the poem's own aspirant impetus. From Wordnik.com. [Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian] Reference
(where ˜him™ is deictic, or perhaps, anaphoric) and. From Wordnik.com. [Combinatory Logic] Reference
Switch deictic words from their proximal forms into their distal forms. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Among all the arguments advanced none proved more embarrassing than the deictic "this is". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
In most deictic systems, the origo identifies with the current speaker (or some property thereof). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
I have sharpened up the text by simply changing the indefinite article a to the deictic pronoun this. From Wordnik.com. [The Continuum] Reference
This deictic anchoring is supplemented by groups of Adjuncts which express location and spatial relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
"This is now my fish", then John would be the origo, and the deictic word "my" would be dependent on that fact. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The pragmatics and social meaning of each phrase varies, especially depending on the context, and the deictic center. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
The remaining 763 gestures (92%) comprised a mixture of iconic, metaphoric, deictic (abstract and self-referential), and most commonly beat-like gestures. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The reflector of fiction forms a deictic centre, an 'origo', around which objects are positioned relative to their relative proximity or distance to the reflector. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
'turn away' from the scene. o In pragmatics, the origo is the reference point on which deictic relationships are based. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
ThatOne08. com, a Web site named after John McCain’s already infamous deictic epithet for Obama, is part humor, part indignation. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Supporters Turn an Epithet Inside Out: Christopher Bateman] Reference
Posted by: language hat at December 4, 2005 08:29 AM no no no no it's obviously a Yolŋu Matha deictic dhiyaku. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: PHEEVR AND NUNLEY.] Reference
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