deictic

Relating to or denoting a word or expression whose meaning is dependent on the context in which it is used, such as 'this', 'that', 'here', or 'now'.

• 🇵🇹Relativo a palavra ou expressão cujo significado depende do contexto de uso, como 'este', 'aquele', 'aqui' ou 'agora'.

1. Context-dependent reference C2 formal

   Relating to a word or expression whose meaning depends on the context of its use, such as time, place, or speaker.

   • The word 'here' is deictic because its meaning changes with the speaker's location.
   • Deictic expressions like 'now' and 'then' rely on the time of utterance.
   • In linguistics, pronouns are often deictic, as their reference shifts with the speaker.

   🇵🇹Dêitico

   Sinônimos: contextualdemonstrativeindexicalreferential

• more deictic comparative form
• most deictic superlative form

A noun referring to a word that specifies identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma palavra que indica identidade ou localização espacial/temporal do ponto de vista do falante ou do ouvinte no contexto da comunicação.

1. Deictic word or expression C2 formal

   A word or phrase that points to the time, place, or situation in which a speaker is speaking, such as 'here', 'now', 'I', or 'you'.

   • The word 'here' is a deictic that refers to the speaker's location.
   • In the sentence 'I am going now', both 'I' and 'now' are deictics.
   • Deictics like 'this' and 'that' depend on the context of the utterance.

   🇵🇹Palavra ou expressão dêitica

   Sinônimos: indexicalshifter