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August 22, 2005
Indexicals in the Wilder
Now that I'm paying attention, I'm noticing odd or playful uses of indexicals all over the place. Here's one from the programme of the Edmonton Fringe Festival:
Magic. Mirth. Monkeys. Dave Cox is hilarious. And I'm not just saying that because I'm his hastily thrown together program blurb. He's very, very funny. More than that, he'll fool the pants of you. And then he'll politely give them back, unlike some of those weaselly trouser stealing magicians I'm sure you've heard so much about.
For a second I wondered if this was an example in which 'I' fails to refer to the agent of the context, and refers instead to the text itself. But actually, I think the conceit is that the text is the agent of the context - it's as if the text itself is speaking to us.
Perhaps I should take a leaf out of Mr Cox' book next time I write the blurb for one of my courses...
Posted by logican at August 22, 2005 11:30 AM
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