Associations to the word «Deictic»
Noun
- Pronoun
- Tense
- Utterance
- Noun
- Plural
- Discourse
- Verb
- Marker
- Speaker
- Context
- Clause
- Distinction
- Particle
- Grammar
- Speech
- Instance
- Language
- Function
- Element
- Distance
- Person
- Adjective
- Term
- Article
- Word
- Suffix
- Lost
- Gesture
- Prefix
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- Expression
- Narrator
- System
- Form
- Case
- Position
- Usage
- Literacy
- Interpretation
- Parameter
- Meaning
- Phenomenon
- Specification
- Phrase
- Contrast
- Notion
- Participant
- Motion
- Perspective
- Category
- Class
- Situation
- Now
- Non
- Subject
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- Sentence
- Object
- Table
- Feature
- Ing
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Adjective
Wiktionary
DEICTIC, adjective. (grammar) Of or pertaining to deixis; to a word whose meaning is dependent on context
DEICTIC, noun. (grammar) Such a word (such as I or here)
Dictionary definition
DEICTIC, noun. A word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs; "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit.
DEICTIC, adjective. Relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use; "deictic pronouns".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.