On this basis it becomes clear why Bühler occasionally describes the symbols as rôle-indicating signs (cf. 1934: 381); though they are capable of undertaking a transference from the occurrence of the speech situation, they are unable to do without deictic pointers to produce the rôleplay in language.

He is the writer of fresh possibilities, . . . of the clarion call to halt the current madness and pull the world out of the fire, wrote Joseph Epstein, the social critic.

At least nowadays we have a chicken in every pot, and a car in every garage to boot!

Played by TV sitcom stalwart Kevin James (The King of Queens), the title character is an over-officious, under-achieving chubster.