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Bella Coola nominal deixis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Philip W. Davis  and
Ross Saunders
Philip W. Davis
Affiliation:
Rice University
Ross Saunders
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University
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Abstract

The principal nominal deictic affixes of Bella Coola, a Salishan language of British Columbia, are examined. Semantically, a three-way distinction is found: Proximal, Middle, and Distal for deictic space; Present, Near Past, and Distant Past for deictic time. The notion of neighborhood and a definition of natural and unnatural circumstance are introduced to explain the usage of the affixes and the observed neutralization of the semantic components of space and time.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , December 1975 , pp. 845 - 858
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Copyright © 1975 Linguistic Society of America

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