Deixis

what deixis means

‘’pointing’’ via language. Any linguistic form used to achieve this ‘’pointing’’ is called Deictic expression or ‘’indexicals’’. If you notice a strange object and ask ‘’what’s that?’’ you are using a deictic expression

Near speaker

proximal terms (this, here, now)

Away from speaker

distal terms (that, there, then)

Person Deixis

Person deixis dealing with the grammatical persons with an utterance.

Spatial/ place deixis

also known as space deixis, related to the spatial locations relevant to an utterance.

Temporal Deixis

time expressions