What is second person deixis?

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

Examples (English)
	you yourself yourselves your yours

Generic
	Second person deixis is a kind of
	What is person deixis?

Concept module: second person deixis
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): S
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

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003. [Ordering information.]

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