Practically all utterances are in a frame of reference for which the speaker’s ego provides a center of gravity. Since language invariably involves interpersonal instruction, it is always blended with deixis (Hörmann, 1981, p. 307).
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O’Connell, D.C., Kowal, S. (2008). Referring. In: Communicating with One Another. Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77632-3_15
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