From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deictic
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}]
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