What is place deixis?

Place deixis is deictic reference to a location relative to the location of a participant in the speech event, typically the speaker.

• this (way)
• that (direction)
• here
• there

• What is boundedness?

• What is deixis?

Levinson 1983 62

Context for this page:

• Concept module: place deixis
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): P
• 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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