DEIXIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deixis mean? 

• DEIXIS (noun)
  The noun DEIXIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: DEIXIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEIXIS (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)