Exophora

Exophora is type of linguistic reference in which reference is made to something extralinguistic. Exophora can be deixis, in which special words or grammatical markings are used to make reference to something in the context of the utterance or speaker. For example, pronouns, words such as "this", "that", "here", "there".

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By contrast, homophoric reference is not a feature of grammar, but rather is a generic phrase given a particular interpretation in a particular social context. For example, in the United Kingdom, the Queen is a homophoric reference to the Queen of the United Kingdom, whereas in the Netherlands the Queen is a homophoric reference to the Queen of the Netherlands.

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Deixis: In pragmatics (linguistics), deixis is a process whereby words or expressions rely absolutely on context. The origo is the context from which the reference is made, in other words, the viewpoint that must be to be understood in order to interpret the utterance. (If Tom is speaking and he says "I", h...

Queen: The word Queen ultimately derives from an Indo-European root *gwena (woman) via Old English cw?n (woman, wife, queen). Cf. Old Norse kvenna (woman), Gothic qens (wife), Greek gyn? (woman), Russian zhena, Sanskrit jani. It may have many meanings:...

Queen of the United Kingdom: REDIRECT Monarchy of the United Kingdom...