Deixis (was: Fourth Person)
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Monday, October 5, 1998, 16:30 |
Raymond A. Brown wrote:
[an excellent summary of the term "deixis", explaining everything except...]
Just how do you pronounce it? I've always said [di 'Ik sIs] dee-ixis,
but I've heard ['dajk sIs] dike-sys and ['dik sIs] deek-sys as well.
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)