Saturday, July 28, 2018

First Person Deixis

First person deixis is deictic reference that refers to the speaker, or both the speaker and referents grouped with the speaker.
Examples (English)
The following singular pronouns:
I
me
myself
my
mine

The following plural pronouns:
we
us
ourselves
our
ours
Am, the first person form of the verb be


Here are some kinds of first person deixis:
  • Exclusive first person deixis is deixis that refers to a group not including the addressee(s).
  • Inclusive first person deixis is deixis that refers to a group including the addressee(s).

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