(adjective) showing or pointing out directly / Deictic terms are words whose meaning shifts depending on the point of view of the speaker
in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself
in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself
(noun) a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing / (noun) a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level / (noun) style of discourse; phraseology
in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself
in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself
the worship of words
the gaping trap of logolatry
quoting Goerlandt & Herman, from an essay on DFW
the gaping trap of logolatry
quoting Goerlandt & Herman, from an essay on DFW
(verb) to thrust out; extrude / (verb) to force or impose (as oneself or one's ideas) without warrant or request / (verb) to become unduly prominent or interfering; intrude
its notable absence of all forms of obtruding annotation
on PQ4 in Octet
its notable absence of all forms of obtruding annotation
on PQ4 in Octet
(adjective) biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style; incisive
an "irony-free" antidote to the mordant rut of the postmodern condition
on AA in IJ
an "irony-free" antidote to the mordant rut of the postmodern condition
on AA in IJ
(verb) to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause / (verb) to allege or assert in pleading / (verb) to declare positively
Wallace's narratives aver that a self-licensed ignorance of one's situation/condition can all too readily be transformed into a kind of moral oblivion
on Oblivion
Wallace's narratives aver that a self-licensed ignorance of one's situation/condition can all too readily be transformed into a kind of moral oblivion
on Oblivion
(adjective) of or relating to the married state; conjugal
the recent connubial tensions
on the story Oblivion
the recent connubial tensions
on the story Oblivion
(adjective) cut short; abbreviated / (adjective) marked by or exhibiting syncopation
syncopated by commas
on a passage in Oblivion with lots of commas
syncopated by commas
on a passage in Oblivion with lots of commas
(noun) abyss
emerging from the dark backward and abysm of the human mind
this line seems kinda ESL tbh
emerging from the dark backward and abysm of the human mind
this line seems kinda ESL tbh
(adjective) marked by or given to censure; severely critical of others
censoriously loaded pun on the architectural term "banishment"
on Randall fantasizing about saving Audrey in Oblivion
censoriously loaded pun on the architectural term "banishment"
on Randall fantasizing about saving Audrey in Oblivion