What is third person deixis?

Definition
	Third person deixis is deictic reference to a referent(s) not identified as the speaker or addressee.

Examples (English)
	he she they the third person singular verb suffix -s He sometimes flies.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of third person deixis:
	What is obviative person deixis? What is proximate person deixis?

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

Sources
	Crystal 1980 263
	Hartmann and Stork 1972 168
	Mish 1991 1227
	Levinson 1983 62
	Anderson, S. and Keenan 1985 261–262
	Fleming 1988 322

Context for this page:

Concept module: third person deixis
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): T
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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