Localization

1. Introduction
2. Descriptive localization
3. Non-descriptive localization
4. Localization mechanisms
         a) Index
         b) ‘Person’ sign
         c) Classifiers
         d) Making the sign in a specific place
         e) Agreement verbs 
         f) Gaze
         g) Combination of mechanisms

 

 

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The fourth mechanism entails the use of the lexical sign in the specific place it takes up in space.

    "In my dining-room I have a sofa on the right, the table at the back and a picture to the left."