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deixis
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Noun deixis has 1 sense
- deixis(n = noun.cognition) - 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; is a kind of semantics
Derived form adjective deictic1
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