Pragmatics

Second Person Deixis

Second person deixis refers to the use of 'you' and related pronouns to refer to the listener or reader. It…

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Proximate Person Deixis

Proximate person deixis refers to the use of words like 'I,' 'you,' and 'we' to point to people in close…

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Presupposition Trigger

A presupposition trigger is a word or phrase that signals the existence of a presupposition. It's a linguistic cue that…

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Place Deixis

Place deixis refers to words or phrases that indicate spatial location relative to the speaker or listener. It's fundamental to…

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Person Deixis

Person deixis refers to the use of words that point to the speaker, listener, or others. It's fundamental for establishing…

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Horizontal Deixis

Horizontal deixis refers to the spatial positioning of entities relative to the speaker and listener within a discourse. It establishes…

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Force As A Semantic Role

Exploring the concept of 'force' as a semantic role in linguistics, examining its manifestation in language and its implications for…

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First Person Deixis

First person deixis refers to the use of pronouns and other linguistic elements that indicate the speaker's perspective. It's fundamental…

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Commissive Modality

Commissive modality expresses a speaker's commitment to a future action. It involves promises, threats, and vows, binding the speaker to…

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Deixis: Understanding Language’s Pointing Function

Deixis refers to words or phrases that directly point to the context of their utterance, such as 'here', 'now', 'I',…

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