Deixis: Textdeixis

German language is characterized by a frequent use of deictic expressions. Those expressions are used in different types of communicative settings. They also include the text, which may be conceptualized on the one hand as a space and on the other hand as a chronological arrangement of actions. Textdeictic devices belong to the strategies of reader orientation. They are usually embedded in comments of the author on textual organization and include different types of deictic (or paradeictic) expressions, such as demonstrative pronouns and adverbs