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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
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)
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