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Glossary term P

Person Deixis

Definition

Person deixis is deictic reference to the participant role of a referent, such as

  • the speaker
  • the addressee, and
  • referents which are neither speaker nor addressee.

Discussion

Person deixis is commonly expressed by the following kinds of constituents:

  • Pronouns
  • Possessive affixes of nouns
  • Agreement affixes of verbs

Kinds

More specific concepts within person deixis.

First Person Deixis Second Person Deixis Third Person Deixis

See also

Participant Role Referent Addressee Speaker Pronoun Affix (Linguistics) Noun Verb (Linguistics)

Sources 4

  1. Levinson 1983, 62
  2. Crystal 1980, 263
  3. Hartmann and Stork 1972, 168
  4. Mish 1991, 877
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