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Definitions of deixis in various dictionaries:
noun - the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing
noun - the specifying function of some words
DEIXIS - In linguistics, deixis () refers to words and phrases, such as "me" or "here", that cannot be fully understood without additional contextual informat...
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| The function of a deictic word in specifying its referent in a given context. |
| the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs |
| the use of a word or phrase whose meaning depends on who is talking, who they are talking to, where they are, etc., for example "me" , "here", or "yesterday" |
| The function or use of deictic words, forms, or expressions. |
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In linguistics, deixis () refers to words and phrases, such as "me" or "here", that cannot be fully understood without additional contextual informationin this case, the identity of the speaker ("me") and the speaker's location ("here"). Words are deictic if their semantic meaning is fixed but their denotational meaning varies depending on time and/or place. Words or phrases that require contextual information to convey any meaningfor example, English pronounsare deictic. Deixis is closely related to anaphora, as will be further explained below. Although this article deals primarily with deixis in spoken language, the concept is sometimes applied to written language, gestures, and communication media as well. In linguistic anthropology, deixis is treated as a particular subclass of the more general semiotic phenomenon of indexicality, a sign "pointing to" some aspect of its context of occurrence. * Although this article draws examples primarily from English, deixis is believed to be a fe |