Semantics

Volitive modality expresses the speaker's will, desire, or intention towards an action.…

September 28, 2025

Time deixis refers to words and phrases that locate events in time…

September 28, 2025

Third person deixis refers to the use of pronouns and other grammatical…

September 28, 2025

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

September 28, 2025

Scalar property lexical relations link words describing degrees or amounts of a…

September 28, 2025

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

September 28, 2025

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

September 28, 2025

The Prespan-End Relation in linguistics describes the temporal relationship between an event…

September 28, 2025

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

September 28, 2025

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

September 28, 2025