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Word: Deixis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1940s: from Greek, literally ‘reference’, from deiknunai ‘to show’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʌɪksɪs
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdeɪksɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the function or use of deictic words, forms, or expressions
Short Definition:function or use of deictic words or expressions
Examples:- we construct a context from the deixis of the text
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