'Deictic' definitions:
Definition of 'deictic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use; "deictic pronouns"
noun
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]
Definition of 'Deictic'
From: GCIDE
- Deictic \Deic"tic\ (d[imac]k"t[i^]k), a. [Gr. deiktiko`s serving to show or point out, fr. deikny`nai to show.]
- 1. (Logic) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Grammar) showing or pointing to directly; pertaining to deixis; -- used to designate words that specify identity, location, or time from the perspective of one of the participants in a discourse, using the surrounding context as reference; as, the words this, that, these, those, here, there, now, then, we, you, they, the former, and the latter serve a deictic function. [PJC]