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deictic definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use; "deictic pronouns" n
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; "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit [syn: deictic, deictic word]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Greek deiktikos able to show, from deiktos, verbal of deiknynai to show — more at diction Date: 1876 showing or pointing out directly <the words this, that, and those have a deictic function>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. Philol. & Gram. --adj. pointing, demonstrative. --n. a deictic word. Etymology: Gk deiktikos f. deiktos capable of proof f. deiknumi show

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Deictic Deic"tic, a. [Gr. deiktiko`s serving to show or point out, fr. deikny`nai to show.] (Logic) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.