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DEIXIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("deixis" is a kind of...):
semantics (the study of language meaning)
Derivation:
deictic (relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use)
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