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Definition: Deixis |
DeixisNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In pragmatics (linguistics), deixis describes words or expressions whose reference relies absolutely on context.
Examples of deictic words: I, now, then, here, there.
One important concept in Deixis is "Origo". This is the place from where all the deictic words get their reference from - the point of view, so to say. This means that if I am speaking, my Origo is with me, so all deictic words have to be viewed from my point of view. If somebody else is speaking, the Origo is with them, and the words have to be interpreted accordingly.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Deixis."
| "Deixis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deixis" is used about 181 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 181 | 22,953 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "deixis": pseudo-deixis. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
deixis | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "deixis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | deixis (deictic reference, deictic word), déictique (deictic reference, deictic word). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Deixis (deictic reference, deictic word, exophoric word). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eixisday deixis (deictic reference, deictic word, exophoric word). (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "deixis": deixises. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-s-x" | |
-2 letters: dies, ides, side. | |
-3 letters: dex, die, dis, eds, ids, sei, sex, six, xis. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, es, ex, id, is, si, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-s-x" | |
+1 letter: oxidise. | |
+2 letters: deixises, dioxides, oxidised, oxidiser, oxidises, oxidizes. | |
+3 letters: coxitides, endomixis, indexings, maximised, oxidisers, oxidizers, trioxides, xylidines. | |
+4 letters: deoxidizes, detoxifies, epoxidizes, exscinding, indexicals, reoxidizes, uxoricides. | |
+5 letters: deoxidizers, dexterities, directrixes, disclimaxes, endomixises, expeditions, expeditious, indexations, maxillipeds, mediatrixes, pyridoxines, taxidermies, taxidermist. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 69 78 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .. -..- .. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101001 01111000 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e i x i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0069 0078 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387175907585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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