Associations to the word «Deixis»

Wiktionary

DEIXIS, noun. (linguistics) A reference within a sentence that relies on the context being known to interpret correctly.

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke