Deixis means the linguistic referencing expression the function of which is to relate, during the act of enunciation, certain grammatical units to space-time coordinates. The use of deictics throughout oral exposition is a very frequent and usually essential device. In this article, the starting point for the observation are teachers' enunciations in the classroom, considered generically. In these speeches, we have identified that the use of deictics, especially spatial ones, constitutes a serious problem when not carefully and attentively dealt with by the teacher. Based on this phenomenon, we have carried out a theoretical discussion, still in preliminary stages, on deixis and on its impact on a very particular audience, made up of students with visual disability. This paper presents a theoretical review of the categories and objects of discourse by means of which the subjects understand the world.
learners with visual disability; deixis; language and cognition; special education
