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Definition of Deixis
1. Noun. The function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs.
Definition of Deixis
1. Noun. (linguistics) A reference within a sentence that relies on the context being known to interpret correctly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deixis
1. the specifying function of some words [n DEIXISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deixis
Literary usage of Deixis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Etymological English Dictionary:: Containing an Additional ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1737)
"... to perform a Thing according to Abii EN'deixis L'bnfi^ic, Gr.] a ft: or dec!
ring. ... plain Figure of Eleven Cides and An) EN'deixis ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"In the Scotch dialects of English three types of deixis occur: not only a 'here'
and a 'there', but also a 'yonder', and not only a 'this' and a 'that', ..."
3. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry: 150 B.C.-pre-fifth/sixth by V. S. Rajam (1992)
"The qualities expressed by the adjectives are not only binary but also spectral:
antiquity, innateness, badness, brightness, color, darkness, depth, deixis, ..."
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