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
- Example
- Use
- 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
- Location
- Extension
- Sentence
- Object
- Table
- Feature
- Ing
- Aspect
- Sign
- Text
- Addition
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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.