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Remarks on deixis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
The prevailing conception of deixis is oriented to the idea of 'concrete' physical and perceptual characteristics of the situation of speech. Signs standardly adduced as typical deictics are I, you, here, now, this, that. I and you are defined as meaning
Fuchs, Anna
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Quantifiers for a Modal Future

open access: yesPhilosophical Perspectives, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Future auxiliaries present a challenge to the classical analysis of modal expressions as existential or universal quantifiers over a contextually provided set of possible worlds: these expressions come with a distinct modal flavor, but their interaction with negation and the fact that future judgments come in degrees of confidence is ...
Malte Willer
wiley   +1 more source

A TRANSLATION ANALYSIS OF DEIXIS IN THE FALL OF THE IMAM A NOVEL BY NAWAL EL SAADAWI AND ITS INDONESIAN TRANSLATION (PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The objectives of this study are (1) to describe the types and the functions of deixis in The Fall of The Imam a novel by Nawal El Saadawi and its Indonesian translation, (2) to describe the equivalence of deixis in The Fall of The Imam a novel by
Agustyawati, Khoirul Dwi
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Inquiry and Logical Form

open access: yesPhilosophical Perspectives, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Joint inquiry requires agents to exchange public content about some target domain, which in turn requires them to track which content a linguistic form contributes to a conversation. But, often, the inquiry delivers a necessary truth. For example, if we are inquiring whether a particular bird, Tweety, is a woodpecker, and discover that it is ...
Una Stojnić, Matthew Stone
wiley   +1 more source

The Study of Deixis Used by the Main Characterin the Iron Man 3 Movie Dialogue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Keywords: Deixis, Person Deixis, Place Deixis, Time Deixis, Social Deixis, Discourse Deixis, Movie. Deixis is a study about language phenomena which discusses words that have a relative meaning. Deixis can be found in the spoken and written language.
BRAMANTA, B. (BAGUS)
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(Co‐)Reference All the Way Down: A Unified Theory of (Pro) Nominals in Ordinary English

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay joins two themes, both arising from Kripke's inspiring ideas in the theory of reference. The first theme concerns reference in general. The second examines the notion of co‐reference and the role it plays in a unified theory of pronouns for natural language.
Jessica Pepp, Joseph Almog
wiley   +1 more source

Deixis In ‘Aku Kesepian, Sayang. Datanglah, Menjelang Kematian' By Seno Gumira Ajidarma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The researcher interested in analyzing the relevancy of Levinson‟s theory withIndonesian literature, especially short story entitled Aku Kesepian, Sayang. Datanglah,Menjelang Kematian.
RIESMAYANTI, D. (DEVITA)
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Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for ...
Vincent Pak
wiley   +1 more source

A Translation Analysis On Deixis In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Book One) By Stephenie Meyer And Its Indonesian Translation (Pragmatics Perspective) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This research focuses on analyzing the deixis word found The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Book One)and its Indonesian translation. The objectives are to describe the type and the function of deixisin the novel Twlight Saga: Breaking Dawn written by ...
, Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph. D   +2 more
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Deixis and anaphora [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This chapter describes the main types and usages of deictics and anaphors. The phenomenon of deixis involves the use of a word or phrase whose interpretation is determined through considerations of the physical properties in the situation of utterance, from the perspective of the speaker or the addressee who are engaged in the act of communication ...
openaire   +1 more source

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