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> hi andy! > > >Stephan: > >> what is a disjunct? are there any other disjuncts than "deictic" ones? > >> bye the way, what does deixis mean? i haven't found it neither in my > >> english dictionary nor in my latin dictionary > > > >"deixis" /'daiksis/ is an English word taken from Greek. A deictic > >word is one whose meaning is defined relative to the act of uttering > >it. For example, "me" refers to whoever is uttering "me". "You" > >refers to whoever "you" is being said to. "Now" refers to the time > >at which "now" is being uttered. usw > > thank you! do you know the ethymology of "deixis" as well? From (classical) Greek, meaning 'indication/pointing/reference'. --And.