deixis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.

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From Ancient Greek δεῖξις (deîxis, “pointing, indicating, reference”), from δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “I show”).

indexicality

deictic deictical deictically temporal deixis time deixis anaphora

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