Deixis is an important field of language study in its own right, but it also has some relevance to the analysis of conversations and pragmatics. It is often and best described as “verbal pointing”, that is to say pointing by means of language.
Deixis is an important field of language study in its own right, but it also has some relevance to the analysis of conversations and pragmatics. It is often and best described as “verbal pointing”, that is to say pointing by means of language.