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deictic

in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself

—p.163 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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cataphoric reference

even when the anaphoric or cataphoric elements explained are at most semi-ambivalent

—p.162 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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anaphoric reference

even when the anaphoric or cataphoric elements explained are at most semi-ambivalent

on the "(i.e., the therapist)" used in Depressed Person

—p.162 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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idiolect

the real "problem" of the text is the way in which the narrator adopts and/or simulates the protagonist's subjective stance and idiolect.

on The Depressed Person

—p.162 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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prosody

Wallace is a master at balancing where to place notes, always minding the prosody of his prose.

—p.160 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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