Abstract
This article examines the structure of honorific expressions in Lhasa Tibetan and their contextualized function in discourse. Honorific expressions are grammatically valued items of the language that are indexical of deference toward referents picked out in interactional events. Moreover, the category of referent deferred‐to varies by the grammatical class of the expression. Four grammaticalized indexical categories are distinguished in these terms. Additional themes discussed include the role of ideology in shaping speaker awareness of conventional indexical effects, and the role of discourse‐based indexicality in transcending the limits of such conventios.
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