Glossary term P

Proximal-Distal Dimension

A proximal-distal dimension is a distinction in place deixis that indicates distance from the speaker or other deictic center.

(English)

Here are some examples of words that indicate a proximal-distal dimension:

  • that
  • this
  • yonder

More specific concepts within proximal-distal dimension.

  1. Levinson 1983, 81
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