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Elkins, Marilyn (Ed.) - August Wilson A Casebook. New York&London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1994

The document discusses how deixis, or the way language encodes context-dependent items like person, place, and time, is important for analyzing natural languages. It notes that languages evolved for face-to-face interaction, so analyses must account for this. Deictic information is crucial for interpreting utterances, as its absence can impede understanding, highlighting the importance of context in communication.

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Elkins, Marilyn (Ed.) - August Wilson A Casebook. New York&London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1994

The document discusses how deixis, or the way language encodes context-dependent items like person, place, and time, is important for analyzing natural languages. It notes that languages evolved for face-to-face interaction, so analyses must account for this. Deictic information is crucial for interpreting utterances, as its absence can impede understanding, highlighting the importance of context in communication.

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The facts of deixis should act as a constant reminder to theoretical linguists of

the simple but immensely important fact that natural languages are primarily
designed, so to speak, for use in face-to-face interaction, and thus there are
limits to the extent to which they can be analyzed without taking this into
account (Lyons, 1977a: 589ff).
The importance of deictic information for the interpretation of utterances is
perhaps best illustrated by what happens when such information is lacking
(Fillmore, 1975: 381).

Elkins, Marilyn (ed.). August Wilson; A Casebook. New York&London: Garland


Publishing, Inc., 1994.

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