Editing Deixis (section)

=== Personal ===
{{Main|Pronouns}}
Personal deictic words, called personal pronouns in English, refer to the [[grammatical person]]s involved in an utterance. These can include the first person (speaker), second person (addressee), third, and in some languages fourth and fifth person.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Charney |first=Rosalind |date=2008-09-26 |title=Speech roles and the development of personal pronouns |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-child-language/article/abs/speech-roles-and-the-development-of-personal-pronouns/824188D7BECA4144C8CBD7A71D9FB2F1 |journal=Journal of Child Language |language=en |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=509–528 |doi=10.1017/S0305000900002816 |pmid=7440674 |issn=1469-7602}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fleck |first=David W. |date=2008-07-01 |title=Coreferential Fourth-Person Pronouns in Matses |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/590084 |journal=International Journal of American Linguistics |language=en |volume=74 |issue=3 |pages=279–311 |doi=10.1086/590084 |issn=0020-7071}}</ref> Personal deixis may give further information about the referent, such as [[gender]]. Examples of personal deixis include:{{cn|date=June 2024}}

:''I'' am going to the cinema.
:Would ''you'' like to have dinner?
:''They'' tried to hurt ''me'', but ''she'' helped me.