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Deictic anthology

Concept
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A collection of poems unified by the use of deictic language—words like “here,” “now,” or “this”—to anchor meaning in context

Detailed Definition
A deictic anthology is a curated collection of poems unified by the strategic use of deictic expressions—words like “here,” “now,” “this,” or “you”—that anchor meaning in specific spatiotemporal or interpersonal contexts; such anthologies highlight how poetry constructs presence, address, and immediacy through linguistic pointing, often foregrounding the reader’s role in co-creating meaning.
Example
Example in poetry:
An anthology organized by spatial or temporal deixis, such as “Here: Poems from the Borderlands” using “here” to anchor regional identity; A collection titled “Now: Contemporary Voices” using present-tense immediacy; “There: Poems of Exile,” using distance as a unifying deictic frame; “Then: Echoes of War,” using past-tense reference to unify historical poems
Additional Notes
A deictic anthology is a curated collection where poems use deictic markers (this, that, here, now) to anchor meaning in specific spatial or temporal contexts; emphasizes immediacy and reader engagement through contextual pointing.
Also Known As
Pointing Anthology Indexical Collection Here-and-Now Anthology Deictic Compilation Deictic collection Pointing collection
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