Akin Adetunji

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Are third-person person pronouns deictic?

The literature says third-person pronouns are not deictic. But Yule (1996) says they are, and he gives an example of impersonalisation in social deixis as: Somebody didn't clean up after...

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Could anyone share new thoughts/hypothesis on the value of deixis to presidential inaugural speeches?

I think the rhetorical positionings of person deixis (I/you and exclusive we/ inclusive we) are predictable and over-flogged

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