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    In linguistics, deixis (/ˈdaɪksɪs/, /ˈdeɪksɪs/) is the use of words or phrases to refer to a particular time (e.g. then), place (e.g. here), or person...
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  • In linguistics, grammatical person is the grammatical distinction between deictic references to participant(s) in an event; typically, the distinction...
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    elaborate systems of "social deixis", or systems of signalling social distance through linguistic means. In English, social deixis is shown mostly through...
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  • are topical to the conversation. Notes: Diacritics in deixis are not mandatory in Malagasy. Deixis marked by a * are rarely used. Malagasy shares much of...
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  • be understood without context. Demonstratives are often used in spatial deixis (where the speaker or sometimes the listener is to provide context), but...
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    tables show the Akkadian demonstrative pronouns according to near and far deixis: Relative pronouns in Akkadian are shown in the following table: Unlike...
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  • of not articulating high vowels after nasals. There are three degrees of deixis, here/this, there/that, yonder/yon. Tolomako has inalienably possessed nouns...
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  • The grammar of American Sign Language (ASL) has rules just like any other sign language or spoken language. ASL grammar studies date back to William Stokoe...
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  • Euro English (section Deixis)
    Euro English, Euro-English, or European English, less commonly known as EU English, Continental English, and EU Speak, is a group of dialects of the English...
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  • grammar of whatever language. Language users have high-level reference (or deixis), the ability to refer to things or states of being that are not in the...
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