inner derivation derivation I-now-here origo [Lat. origo ‘starting-point, origin’]

In Bühler’s (1934) linguistic theory the origin of the co-ordinates of the personal, spatial, and time dimension of utterances in speech situations. In contrast to words of naming, which always denote the same referents, expressions of the I-now-here origo (I, you, yesterday, tomorrow, there, here) can denote different referents in different situations, e.g. I refers to the given user of the word in a given speech act. ( also axiomatics of linguistics, deixis, index field of language)

References

Bühler, K. 1934. Sprachtheorie. Jena. (Repr. Stuttgart, 1965.) Innis, R.E. (trans.) 1982. Karl Bühler: Semiotic foundations of language theory. New York.