New Approaches Blog: “Emotion, Deixis, and Wordsworth” by Madeleine Roepe

One of the first things we learn to do is to reach, or point, to things and people which become important to us. Our need for pointing in order to be understood manifests itself in language, and this essential cognitive tool has a name: deixis.   Pronouns are common deictic devices used to indicate boundaries … Continue reading New Approaches Blog: “Emotion, Deixis, and Wordsworth” by Madeleine Roepe