Indexical predication is possible as well as the more familiar indexical reference. ‘My curtains are coloured thus’ describes my curtains. The indexical predicate expression it contains (‘coloured thus’) stands to possible non‐indexical replacements (‘red’) as a referring indexical (‘he’) does to possible non‐indexical replacements (‘Tom’), in that it calls upon the context of utterance to fix its semantic contribution to the whole. Indexical predication is the natural resource to call upon in talk about skilful human performances, ...
