First Person Deixis
Definition:
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
Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.