deixis

n. [语](定冠词、指示代词等的)指示功能, 直示(系统)

发音

US /ˈdaɪksɪs/
其它 /ˈdaɪksɪs/
其它 /ˈdaɪksɪs/

词形变化

deixes 复数 deixes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    可数 不可数 语言学

    Deixis allows for economy of speech but introduces ambiguity when that speech is recorded.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

semantics

相关短语

temporal deixis time deixis

词源

From Ancient Greek δεῖξις (deîxis, “pointing, indicating, reference”), from δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “I show”).

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