Pragmatics

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Second Person Deixis

Second person deixis refers to the use of 'you' and related pronouns…

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Proximate Person Deixis

Proximate person deixis refers to the use of words like 'I,' 'you,'…

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Presupposition Trigger

A presupposition trigger is a word or phrase that signals the existence…

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Place Deixis

Place deixis refers to words or phrases that indicate spatial location relative…

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Person Deixis

Person deixis refers to the use of words that point to the…

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Horizontal Deixis

Horizontal deixis refers to the spatial positioning of entities relative to the…

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Force As A Semantic Role

Exploring the concept of 'force' as a semantic role in linguistics, examining…

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First Person Deixis

First person deixis refers to the use of pronouns and other linguistic…

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Commissive Modality

Commissive modality expresses a speaker's commitment to a future action. It involves…

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Deixis: Understanding Language’s Pointing Function

Deixis refers to words or phrases that directly point to the context…

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