What is boundedness?

Definition
	Boundedness is the presence or absence of a component of meaning indicative of a border at the location indicated in an expression of place deixis.

Examples (English expressions)
	out there in there

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of boundedness:
	What is bounded deixis? What is unbounded deixis?

Source
	Denny 1978:74

Context for this page:

Concept module: boundedness
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): B
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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