Chapter 21. Deictic expression/ indexical : deixis is a technical term for one of the most basic things we do with utterances. It means “pointing” via language. Any linguistic form used to accomplish this “pointing” is called a deictic expression. For example, when you notice a strange object and ask, “Whats that?”, you are using a deictic expression “that ” to indicate something in the immediate context.2. Person deixis: forms used to indicate some people, eg, me you.3. Spatial deixis: f
