deixis meaning

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deixis (noun): 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.

Definition of deixis

  1. 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

    Type of: semantics

    Related forms: deictic

Scrabble score: 14 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in IS · 6-letter words

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