他指 (tā zhī) — (linguistics) other-reference; reference to someone or something other than the speaker or addressee

Definition

Examples

• 在这个句子中，“他”表示的是他指。
  Zài zhè ge jù zi zhōng, "tā" biǎo shì de shì tā zhī.
  In this sentence, "he" indicates other-reference.
• 他指是指向句子中其他对象的指代方式。
  tā zhī Shì zhǐ xiàng jù zi zhōng qí tā duì xiàng de zhǐ dài fāng shì.
  Other-reference is a way of pointing to other objects in a sentence.
• 语言学中的他指和自指是两种不同的指代类型。
  Yǔ yán xué zhōng de tā zhī hé zì zhǐ shì liǎng zhǒng bù tóng de zhǐ dài lèi xíng.
  In linguistics, other-reference and self-reference are two different types of reference.

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