DEICTIC WORD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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

Example:

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

Synonyms:

deictic; deictic word

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

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