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... FALSE DEIXIS Because deictics require the reader / listener to identify their reference , both it and this are " flag words . " When a deictic has no identifiable referent in the context , it is a false deictic . It points to nothing .
... FALSE DEIXIS Because deictics require the reader / listener to identify their reference , both it and this are " flag words . " When a deictic has no identifiable referent in the context , it is a false deictic . It points to nothing .
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... False deixis serves a variety of rhetorical strategies for English speakers . False deictics force readers / listeners to make contextual guesses to make " sense " of what they hear and read . Using deictic elements to refer to large ...
... False deixis serves a variety of rhetorical strategies for English speakers . False deictics force readers / listeners to make contextual guesses to make " sense " of what they hear and read . Using deictic elements to refer to large ...
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Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope. A speaker's use of false deixis doesn't mean that the utterance is unin- terpretable or impossible to understand . False deixis is the use of a deictic word , a word that's ...
Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope. A speaker's use of false deixis doesn't mean that the utterance is unin- terpretable or impossible to understand . False deixis is the use of a deictic word , a word that's ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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