Spacial Deixis in Chiwere

Abstract

This paper examines spatial deixis in Chiwere (Siouan) in the framework of two theories of deixis. Denny (1978) attempts to define a set of distinctive features for spatial deixis, while Rauh (1983) uses spatial deixis as a template for organizing all deictic dimensions. Chiwere data suggest language and dimension specific expansion of both theories to include the features vertititive vs. non-vertitive and location/ stationary vs. direction/motion.

Keywords

• Chiwere language-- Deixis