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Perkins, Revere D. 1992. Deixis, grammar, and culture. (Typological Studies in Language 24). John Benjamins.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
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This book aims at providing statistical evidence from various languages to support the hypothesis that the form of deictic reference covaries with cultural type given the type-related differences in amount of face-to-face interaction and in degree of shared knowledge.