Re: deixis
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 11, 1999, 18:28 |
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Fabian wrote:
> Are there any natlangs that have more than 3 levels of deixis
> (this/that/yon)?
Yeah. Plenty of them. There was a Southseas language (Tahitian?
I forget) I read about that had seven different different levels of
demonstrative deixis.
Deixis, BTW, applies to more than just demonstrative pronouns.
The levels of personal pronouns (and personal endings, etc.)
are deixis of person.
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