What is person deixis?

Definition
	Person deixis is deictic reference to the participant role of a referent, such as
	the speaker the addressee, and referents which are neither speaker nor addressee.

Discussion
	Person deixis is commonly expressed by the following kinds of constituents:
	Pronouns Possessive affixes of nouns Agreement affixes of verbs

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of person deixis:
	What is first person deixis? What is second person deixis? What is third person deixis?

Generic
	Person deixis is a kind of
	What is deixis?

Sources
	Levinson 1983 62
	Crystal 1980 263
	Hartmann and Stork 1972 168
	Mish 1991 877

Context for this page:

Concept module: person 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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