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A term used by [[Jakobson]] to describe a class of words whose meaning varies according to their situation or whose references varies.
For Jakobson, a shifter is a term whose meaning cannot be determined without referring to the message that is being communicated between a sender and a receiver.<ref>1957</ref>
Personal pronouns are shifters: the word 'I' designates both the speaker or sender who says 'I' and the 'I' contained in the message that is sent.
