THE ROLE OF THE ADDRESSEE IN DEICTIC NOMINATION

Authors

  • Yelena YERZNKYAN Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/FLHE/2014/18.2.113

Keywords:

deixis, deictability, point of orientation, reference point, the origo, speaker, listener/addressee, observer

Abstract

The paper discusses the concept of the origo, i.e. the deictic centre of orientation considering the speaker to be the ground element of the whole deictic system, at the same time focusing on the role and significance of the addressee in the process of deictic nomination and adequate interpretation of the utterance.

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Published

2023-01-09

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (17) (2014)

Section

Linguistics

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