Ostensive
From Generative Anthropology
An ostensive is a gesture or utterance issued where its signified is present: Examples such as “Fire!”, “Stampede!”, or pointing are Ostensives. Person and tense are not present as grammatical functions within the Ostensive, as everyone stands in equal relation to the present object designated by the sign. It includes the totality of perceptibles, such as nominals and verbals, or things and actions. The Originary Sign was an Ostensive. Ostensives are the first words we teach children.
References
Gans, E. L., Katz, A. L. (2019). The Origin of Language: A New Edition
