DEICTIC WORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deictic word mean? 

• DEICTIC WORD (noun)
  The noun DEICTIC WORD has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: DEICTIC WORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEICTIC WORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

deictic; deictic word

Context example:

words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message

Hypernyms ("deictic word" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)