Indexicals and Demonstratives | Gentleman Thinker
Crucial features of language! Indicating words and pointing words!
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January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
what if there are multiple arthur wellsleys in the room?
@elijahnjuru6682
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Arthur Wellesly can also change!! I may decide to name my first born Arthur Wellesly just to prove you wrong…
@cartoonhippie6610
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
No one has commented on this video in 4 years. Until now. * dramatic music intensifies *
@heidiheidi0
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
i hate your stupid voices. just talk normal. This sounds immature and detracts from the content, which is good.
@PatrickStaight
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Are these properties of the tokens themselves or does sintax come into play? it seems that Indexicals and Demonstratives are definitively associated with a sequence of sounds then there explanatory usefulness is quite limited.
@reganheath
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
So.. is "He" demonstrative? What about in the context of a paragraph describing "Arthur Wellesley". i.e. "He was the first Duke of Wellington"
@michaelwolfe8264
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Just a suggestion for a video: should we negotiate with terrorists
@tillbrainman6049
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
i like the direction you are going. linguistics are the window through which we interpret the world. Ive been trying to get through Jacques Derrida's work for quite a while and after extensive study and research into the philosophy of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Freud and the structuralist (Barthes, Foucault, Levi-Strauss) i think that linguistics may contribute to fundamental future conceptualizations of consciousness and perceptions of reality.
@ewan.cartwright
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
What if there is more than one Arthur Wellsley, doesn't that mean that context needs to be provided the same way Demonstratives do?
@lockvirtompson5287
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Arthur Wellseley is also context dependent thou. It is in a cultural context.
@RainbowDreams321
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Hi Olly!
How would you differentiate an indexical and an anaphora?
Thank you for the continuous stream of wonderful videos!
@unvergebeneid
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Don't most words change in meaning depending on the context they are used in? If I talk about "the tree", which specific instance of a tree am I talking about? Well, it depends.
@KaSousek58
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Hmm, if we would compare original concept of sovereignity (apsolutistic institution) to present day sovereignity (institutions within the seperation of powers) would sovereignity then be demonstrative or indexical term? Or did I completely miss the subject? 😀
@stephenblackwell7351
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
can you do a video briefly explaining why linguistics is important in philosophy?
@KydaSandro
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Isn't this grammar…
@dangerouslytalented
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Arthur Wellesley could indicate ANY person called Arthur Wellesley though.
@sindrehsoereide
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
I you a demonstrative or an indexical. You is always the person you are talking to (making it an indexical, right?) however it sometimes needs demonstration to show that it means a particular person you are talking to in a group of people (making it a demonstrative). Now my head hurts!
@Poopdahoop
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Hot diggity damn! It's so cool to find out about things like this.
Thanks for the video, and like, other videos too! 😀
I'm a giant nerd. v.v
@AntonisGrr
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
goat's shakes
SO nice vids.
@ornleifs
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
There, there.
@GenkoZynk
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 am
Officially developed an addiction for your content. Keep up the great videos, Olly! 🙂
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