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The discourse deictics ^ and <-- in a World of Warcraft community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In the written English variety used in a community of World of Warcraft players, two iconic lexical items created from symbols have undergone semantic change. The words analyzed are ^ and
Collister, LB
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Supplementing, restructuring, resisting: Maps of Underground space in poetry, embodied performativity, and the “misrepresentationalism” of Harry Beck's Tube diagram

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, Volume 81, Issue 2, Page 140-154, April 2026.
Abstract This article considers mental and poetic “maps” of London in their respective relationships to Harry Beck's famous 1930s “circuit‐diagram” map of the underground railway system. This iconic image distorts and radically stylizes London geography; thus, it functions as a tool for planning individual travel itineraries but leads to a ...
Craig Melhoff
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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The Performance of Knowledge: Pointing and Knowledge in Powerpoint Presentations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence
Knoblauch, Hubert
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Derived asymmetric and transitive relations using the go/no‐go procedure with compound stimuli

open access: yesJournal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Volume 125, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract The purpose of the present study was to verify whether the go/no‐go procedure with compound stimuli would establish derived asymmetric and transitive relations between stimuli under the control of contextual cues. In Experiment 1, nonarbitrary relational training and tests established red and blue background colors as the contextual cues ...
Rafael Diego Modenesi, Paula Debert
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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Non-situational functions of demonstrative noun phrases in Lingala (Bantu) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper examines the non-situational (i.e., non-exophoric) pragmatic functions of the three adnominal demonstratives, oyo, wand, and yango in the Bantu language Lingala.
Meeuwis, Michael, Stroeken, Koenraad
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Communicative Adaptations After Laryngectomy: Syntactic Complexity and Gesture Use

open access: yesInternational Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 61, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Total laryngectomy (TL) results in the loss of natural voice, requiring alternative speech rehabilitation strategies such as tracheoesophageal speech. While voice and intelligibility outcomes after TL are well studied, less is known about the complexity of spoken language production and the role of co‐speech gestures in this group ...
Marise Neijman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN INTERPRETING DEIXIS IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ON PRAGMATICS COURSE OF ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENTS OF UNIVERSITAS AHMAD DAHLAN IN 2017/2018

open access: yesJurnal Penelitian Humaniora, 2019
This research is aimed to investigate the students’ competences in interpreting deixis in descriptive texts on pragmatics course and to find out the students’ difficulties in interpreting the types of deixis.
Garda Arif Wicaksono
doaj   +1 more source

Deixis Analysis of The Novel The Twelfth Card (2005) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The objectives of the study are to find out the forms, and clarify the meaning of deixis used in The Twelfth Card novel. In collecting the data, the writer uses observation and documentation method by selecting the deixis forms that can be found in The
, Dra. Malikatul Laila, M. Hum,   +2 more
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