The logical character of I is obligatorily deictic. Some variant devices have obligatory anaphoric reference, some are free, and some again have obligatory deictic reference. It is by singling out individuals made salient in the extra-sentential context that uses of this third sort refer. Substitution instances reveal and matching constraints confirm that each use of I (together with singular You) must fall into this third category. Keywords:deictic term,
logical character,
anaphora,
extra-sentential context,
substitution instances,
matching constraints,
salience,
singular personal pronouns