Missing Linguistics§2.2Priority #10

Deixis and Indexicality

Closed

The Gap

No 'I,' 'you,' 'here,' 'now' — expressions anchored to utterance context.

Why It Matters

Every natural language has deixis. Every conversation requires it. Without deixis, the UL cannot ground ANY expression in a specific communicative situation.

Resolution

'I', 'here', 'now' formalized as canonical sections of bundle E → X. Speaker, location, time are coordinates of base manifold X.

Expedition Status

Expedition:
Expedition One
Front:
Front A
Status:
CLOSED
Source:
frontier/expedition-one/gauge-bundle-of-meaning.md
Impact
high
Tractability
high
Effort
medium
Category
linguistics

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