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The document discusses deixis, which refers to the use of linguistic expressions like pronouns and demonstratives that point to people, objects, places, or times based on the context of the utterance. It explains that deixis allows speakers to refer to things in the immediate context through expressions like "this", "that", "here", and "now". The document also outlines the main types of deixis as person deixis referring to people, spatial deixis referring to locations, and temporal deixis referring to times
- Author
- NetherlandAlexanderVanBotet
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- EN