Acknowledgements
Abstract
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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Significance of the Study
1.2 Research Objectives
1.3 Research Methodology
1.4 Organization of the Book
Chapter 2 Traditional Studies on Deixis
2.1 Main Contributions Made by Philosophers and Linguists
2.2 General Description of Deixis
����2.2.1 Characteristics of Deixis
����2.2.2 Definition of Deixis
����2.2.3 Semantic Features of Deixis
����2.2.4 Classification of Deixis
����2.2.5 Usages of Deixis
2.3 Main Problems in the Traditional Studies
���� 2.3.1 Lack of Nature-based Definition
���� 2.3.2 Deictic Projection
���� 2.3.3 Vague Relations between Categories of Deixis
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Cognitive Approaches to Deixis
3.1 Introduction: Epistemic Basis of Deixis
3.2 Epistemic Grounding
����3.2.1 Grounding Elements and Their Deictic Nature
����3.2.2 Types of Deictic Expressions
����3.2.3 Cognitive Motivations of Deictic Expressions
3.3 Mental Spaces
����3.3.1 Basic Ideas of Mental Spaces
����3.3.2 Application of Mental Spaces in the Study of Deixis
3.4 Vantage Point and Field of Vision
3.5 Summary
Chapter 4 Toward a Cognitive Model of Deixis
4.1 Introduction: a Model Based on Situation and Cognition
4.2 Cognitive Motivations for the Model
����4.2.1 Viewpoint and Viewpoint Shift
����4.2.2 Conceptual Metaphor
����4.2.3 Epistemic Models
4.3 Structure of the Model
����4.3.1 A Three-axis Coordinate System
����4.3.2 Vector and Vector Space
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5 Semantic Configuration of Deixis in the Model
5.1 Person Deixis
����5.1.1 Person Deixis on the Space Axis
����5.1.2 Deictic Projection between Persons
5.2 Space Deixis
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Chapter 6 Reconsideration of Deixis from the Perpective of Congnition
Chapter 7 Conclusions
Bibliography
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