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Second Person Deixis

Definition

Second person deixis is deictic reference to a person or persons identified as addressee.

Examples

  • you
  • yourself
  • yourselves
  • your
  • yours

See also

Deixis Addressee

Sources 5

  1. Crystal 1980, 263
  2. Hartmann and Stork 1972, 168
  3. Mish 1991, 1060
  4. Levinson 1983, 62
  5. Fleming 1988, 322
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