deixis
noun/ˈdaɪksɪs/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δεῖξις (deîxis, “pointing, indicating, reference”), from δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “I show”).
- borrowed from δεῖξις
Definitions
The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from…
The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.
- Deixis allows for economy of speech but introduces ambiguity when that speech is recorded.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for deixis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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